US EditionChina’s Xi hails nation’s technological progress and renews promise to take back Taiwan
Xi Jinping reaffirmed China’s reunification goal after the largest-ever PLA drills around Taiwan, involving 89 warplanes and signaling response to US $11 billion arms sale.
- During his New Year's Eve address Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated Beijing's vow to reunify Taiwan, saying, `We Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait share a bond of blood and kinship.`
- Hours before Xi spoke, the PLA Eastern Theatre Command completed Justice Mission 2025, mobilising Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force units and involving at least 89 war planes around Taiwan.
- Xi pointed to concrete achievements such as breakthroughs in large AI models and domestic chips, showcasing the Tianwen-2 probe, China's first aircraft carrier with an electromagnetic catapult, humanoid robots and drone light shows this year.
- Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said Beijing's refusal to recognise Taiwan's sovereignty is the core problem, while Wellington Koo and President Lai condemned the drills and US intelligence warned of China's growing attack capabilities.
- Beijing said it will speed up tech self-reliance as the United States tightens controls on semiconductors, framing the coming years and 2026 as critical under the 15th Five-Year Plan.
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The speech came a few days after China held military exercises around Taiwan and several missiles landed very close to the island.
China's head of state and party Xi, in his New Year's speech, confirmed the claim to an association with Taiwan, which is a trend of time and not stopping, Xi said, stressing that China is on the right side of history.
Reunification is “unstoppable,” the Chinese president said a day after the end of intensive military exercises. Xi Jinping vowed in his New Year’s address to reunify China and Taiwan. He said “reunification of the motherland is the trend of the times.” China considers Taiwan part of its territory and has long threatened to take the island by force. U.S. intelligence agencies are increasingly concerned that China’s armed forces are increasingly c…
Irish Independent
einnews.comChina and Taiwan’s ‘reunification’ will not be stopped, Xi Jinping vows in New Year’s speech
Taiwan remained on high alert yesterday after China staged massive military drills around the island on Tuesday. Taiwan’s emergency maritime response centre was still monitoring Chinese naval manoeuvres.
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