'All necessary means': Xi Jinping reserves right to use force against Taiwan

Chinese leader calls for reunification and says independence would be a ‘disaster’

Taiwan independence would lead to “disaster”, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said, pledging efforts for peaceful “reunification” with the self-ruled island but warning China would not renounce the use of force.

Speaking at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on the 40th anniversary of a key Taiwan policy statement, Xi said reunification must come under a one-China principle that accepts Taiwan as part of China, anathema to supporters of Taiwan independence.

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