Beijing’s bellicose stance towards Taiwan has increased dramatically under Xi, who has described the island’s unification with the mainland as “inevitable”.
Hindustan Times
Date: Oct 10, 2020
Agence France-Presse | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during a meeting to commend role models in China’s fight against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on September 8, 2020. (Reuters File Photo )
In a speech on Taiwan’s national day, President Tsai Ing-wen said the international community was becoming concerned about the “expanding hegemony” of China.
Beijing views democratic, self-ruling Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring it back into fold.
But Tsai referenced a recent speech by Xi to the United Nations that she said gave the Taiwanese some hope. [FULL STORY]
