CPC: Resolving Taiwan question highlighted in report
President Xi has said the Taiwan issue must be resolved by the Chinese people and that Beijing will never promise to renounce the use of force.
President Xi has said the Taiwan issue must be resolved by the Chinese people and that Beijing will never promise to renounce the use of force.
Japan’s cooperation with other defence forces has also seen an uptick - especially with the United States.
A joint exhibition could be held in future at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, an official said.
President Xi restated his vow to one day "reunify," or forcefully take, Taiwan when delivering a landmark Communist Party Congress speech on Oct 16, 2022.
The Xi administration is seen as lacking historical accomplishments, and in 2027 it will mark the centennial of the founding of the Chinese military.
Any conflict over Taiwan could drag in the United States, Japan and perhaps much of the world, as well as shatter the global economy.
Beijing is believed to be imitating the Kremlin’s example ahead of Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, by launching an information war on social media.
Washington has historically maintained a policy of "strategic ambiguity" on whether it would intervene militarily if Taiwan were attacked by China.
Taiwan firms have a more-than 60 per cent share of the semiconductor global market, with Beijing relying on Taiwan for 36 per cent of its semiconductor imports.
When Tokyo and Beijing worked out their joint communique to normalize diplomatic relations in 1972, Taiwan was a focal point.