BEIJING: China’s defence minister made an uncompromising call Monday for the “reunification” of Taiwan with the mainland, telling a high level defence forum that the process was something “no force” could stop. China will not stop in its efforts towards “realising the complete reunification of the motherland,” Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe told defence ministers and officials from across Asia at the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing. “China is the only big country in the world that has not yet achieved complete reunification,” he said. His comments come just weeks after a huge military parade in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Despite its uncompromising territorial claims, Wei insisted that China’s military ambitions were not aggressive.

Source: New Strait Times October 21, 2019 06:00 UTC