President says he supports peaceful reunification but will ‘never promise to renounce use of force’
Xi Jinping celebrated China’s crushing of Hong Kong’s autonomy, and warned Taiwan that the “wheels of history” are turning towards Beijing taking control of the island democracy, as he opened a key Communist party summit.
Xi also made a veiled attack on the US’s increasingly explicit support for Taipei, denouncing “foreign interference” for exacerbating tensions. “The Taiwan issue is China’s own problem to solve,” Xi told the 20th Communist party congress.
