ANYWAY:While Xi Jinping seemed to indicate a willingness to develop cross-strait relations, China plans to annex Taiwan by 2049, a Tamkang University professor said
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 20, 2017
By: William Hetherington / Staff writer, with CNA
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) comments at the Chinese Communist Party’s
Tamkang University professor Chao Chun-shan speaks at a conference at National Chengchi University in Taipei on May 5. Photo: CNA
(CCP) 19th National Congress indicate that Beijing is planning to ramp up unification efforts, Tamkang University Institute of China Studies professor Chao Chun-shan (趙春山) said yesterday.
Chao cited Xi’s reiteration on Wednesday of the so-called “one China” principle and his inclusion of Taiwan with Hong Kong and Macau in his “realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese people” as evidence of unification plans.
However, Xi expressed respect for Taiwan’s social system and the Taiwanese way of life and acknowledged the so-called “1992 consensus” as “historical fact,” which is consistent with the government’s repeated calls for cross-strait relations to be based on the public will, Taiwan Thinktank researcher Tung Li-wen (董立文) said.
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