China will never promise to renounce the use of force on Taiwan, a position that targets external interference and the small minority of separatists. «We are willing to commit ourselves to the prospect of peaceful reunification with the utmost sincerity and commitment – said Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Beijing government on the latest large-scale maneuvers on October 14 around the island ( ‘Joint Sword 2024/B’) -. But we will never commit to giving up the use of force.” However, the posture is against the interference of “external forces” and “the very small number of separatists”.
President Xi Jinping visited Fujian, the province facing Taiwan, after large-scale military exercises called ‘Joint Sword 2024/B’ held on Monday to increase pressure on the Taipei government. Xi, the state news agency Xinhua reported, went to Dongshan county, remembered in China as the site of a victory for Mao Zedong’s communists in their civil war against the nationalists in the middle of the last century, who were then defeated and took refuge on the rebellious island.
The Xinhua cable made no mention of the maneuvers, but reported that Xi assured that China’s countryside “will definitely have a brighter prospect and farmers will live a more prosperous life in the new journey into the new era.” Speaking while inspecting Aojiao village in Zhangzhou city, the leader examined dried seafood and caught fish, and was briefed on local rural revitalization efforts. Xi, who visited the village in 2001 when he was working in Fujian, said he was happy to see “the enormous changes that had taken place in the village over the past 23 years.” Finally, to promote rural revitalization, “it is necessary to capitalize on the advantages and make good use of local marine resources”, underlined the leader.
«We have addressed the situation in the Indo-Pacific region, I am worried about what is happening around Taiwan. We are for the one-China policy, but we are also for maintaining the status quo and for peace in that part of the world.” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said this at the end of the meeting with his Dutch counterpart Caspar Veldkamp at the Farnesina.