Taiwan is one of the important takeaways from the 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), where Chinese President Xi Jinping secured a third term. He announced that China will peacefully reunify Taiwan and will not leave the option of using force, Geo-politik reported. Chinese President’s statement indicates that the unification of Taiwan with China is the key agenda for him.
After Xi Jinping’s statement, a senior official in China’s Taiwan Affairs office said that they are “closer than ever in history” and more confident and capable than ever of realising rejuvenation.”
Ma Xiaoguang, the spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office, said that China is more “capable and confident” to realise the complete reunification of the nation. His statement indicates that China is likely preparing for an imminent invasion of Taiwan.
“We’re also closer than ever in history and more confident and capable of realising the complete reunification of the motherland,” Ma Xiaoguang said.
Meanwhile, Shen Ming-Shih, Director of National Security Research at the Institute of National Defense and Security Research, a Taiwanese think tank, said that the personnel changes indicate that Xi Jinping is “losing patience” over Taiwan and is working on a “tough Taiwan strategy that does not care about the deterioration of cross-strait relations.”
As per the Geo-politik report, 15 of the 24 members of the Communist Party’s Politburo have some links to the island, with some managing cross-straits business ties or are part of the Army that might likely one day be given the task to bring back the island into the fold if it ever formally declares independence.
