China largely kept its language regarding Taiwan the same in an annual report to the nation’s legislature, suggesting that President Xi Jinping is maintaining its policy toward the self-ruled island even as global tensions increase.
“We should promote the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and advance the process of China’s peaceful reunification,” Premier Li Keqiang said in a work report to the National People’s Congress, which kicked off in Beijing on Sunday.
China should “adhere to the one China principle and the 1992 Consensus, and take resolute steps to oppose ‘Taiwan independence’ and promote reunification,” he added. The consensus refers to an informal compromise with Taipei that stipulates that Taiwan is part of China but doesn’t specify what “China” means, allowing each side to retain its own definition.
