China’s Xi claims ‘reunification’ with Taiwan is ‘inevitable’ as crucial election looms

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Hong Kong CNN — The “reunification” of Taiwan with China is “inevitable,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping claimed in a speech Tuesday, reiterating Beijing’s long-held stance on the self-ruled island democracy ahead of a crucial election there next month. “The realization of the complete reunification with the motherland is an inevitable course of development, is righteous and what the people want. The motherland must and will be reunified,” Xi said in an address marking the 130th anniversary of People’s Republic of China founder Mao Zedong’s birth. The comments echo those previously made by Xi – one of China’s most powerful leaders...