Beijing will “absolutely not” renounce the right to use force in reunifying with Taiwan, the country’s defense minister, Li Shangfu, said on Thursday, as cited by the South China Morning Post. At the same time, the Defense Ministry voiced hopes for peaceful reconciliation while warning against foreign interference on the …
Read More »China releases paper on Taiwan reunification policy
Beijing wants peaceful reunification with Taiwan, but foreign powers meddling in Chinese domestic affairs and encouraging secession on the self-ruled island make it necessary to retain the use of force as an option, a Chinese white paper has said. “We will work with the greatest sincerity and exert our utmost …
Read More »Xi calls for ‘complete reunification’ with Taiwan as China celebrates centenary of its Communist Party
In an extensive speech from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Wednesday, Xi hailed China’s progress at home, such as rooting out “absolute poverty,” and warned foreign powers against attempts to “bully” or lecture China. Speaking on the issue of Taiwan, which has become a bone of contention between Beijing and Washington, with …
Read More »Less than the sum of its parts: German reunification thirty years on
Thirty years ago today, on 3rd October 1990, ‘Germany’ was reborn. The division of Germany into East and West was supposed to have been permanent, following the end of the Second World War, and this division was recognised again in the 1975 Helsinki Accords. Nevertheless, just fifteen years later, the …
Read More »The socialist leader suggested a road map for reunification with Transnistria
The President of Moldova called Transnistria enterprises. The President of Moldova Igor Dodon has named three conditions for reunification with Transnistria. “How can I solve the Transnistrian question? First, and this should be the basis is Pro-Moldova parliamentary majority that does not in NATO, not in favour of unification of …
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