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Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his New Year address on Wednesday, said that Taiwan’s reunification with China was “unstoppable”, while projecting advances in the country’s defence, economic and technological sectors. He also highlighted the start of construction of what he described as the world’s largest dam on the Brahmaputra river.
“Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait share a bond of blood and kinship,” Xi said in his nationally televised New Year message for 2026. “The reunification of our motherland, a trend of the times, is unstoppable,” he said.
The remarks came amid stepped-up high-intensity military drills by the Chinese armed forces over the past three days around the self-governing island, which China claims as part of its mainland.
This is the sixth time since 2022 that China has carried out intensified military exercises, practising scenarios related to the capture of Taiwan.
In his address, Xi also sought to project Beijing’s...
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