Xi Urged Party to Win Taiwan Support in Newly Released Speech
- Remarks from 2022 published after pro-US candidate won vote
- Bejing has so far had muted response to Taiwan election
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Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the ruling Communist Party to do a better job winning the hearts of the Taiwanese people, in an old speech that was published this week following the island’s election of a US-friendly president.
The party must also “develop and strengthen the patriotic, pro-unification forces in Taiwan, oppose the separatist acts of ‘Taiwan independence,’ and promote the complete reunification of the motherland,” Xi said in the 2022 speech laying out broad strategies for building a united front with people outside the party.