China’s Communist party toughens Taiwan rhetoric with call to ‘fight’ independence

© The Financial Times Limited 2024. All Rights Reserved. Not to be redistributed, copied or modified in any way. China’s Communist party has sharpened its rhetoric towards Taiwan, raising the pressure on the country as its president-elect Lai Ching-te prepares to take office in May. Wang Huning, China’s most senior official in charge of Taiwan […]

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China’s Communist party has sharpened its rhetoric towards Taiwan, raising the pressure on the country as its president-elect Lai Ching-te prepares to take office in May.

Wang Huning, China’s most senior official in charge of Taiwan policy after President Xi Jinping, said Beijing “must resolutely fight ‘Taiwan independence’ separatism”, according to an official account of the party’s annual Taiwan work conference, which ended in Beijing on Friday.

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