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Reunifying with Taiwan is only way to stop foreign invasion of island: China’s Communist Party
- New book presents party’s rationale for adding ‘opposing and containing Taiwan independence’ to constitution last month
- It says some forces in US ‘try their hardest to contain and suppress China, using Taiwan to subdue China’
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Bringing Taiwan back into the fold is the only way Beijing can achieve permanent peace with the island and avoid seeing Taiwan invaded by a foreign power, according to a new book written by top Communist Party ideologues.
“Only through complete reunification of the motherland can compatriots on both sides be completely freed from the shadow of civil war and jointly create and share permanent peace across the Taiwan Strait,” an article included in the book said.
The publication is the party’s official explanation for an amendment to its constitution last month.
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Only by unifying with Taiwan, the piece went on, “can Taiwan avoid being occupied by foreign countries again, and can we defeat the attempts of external forces to contain China and safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests”.
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It added that unification was the only way to eliminate the hidden danger of Taiwan independence forces “separating China”.
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