Overview
- Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Peng Qing’en said Beijing “absolutely will not” forswear the use of force and reserves all necessary measures.
- Peng reiterated that Beijing prefers peaceful reunification under “one country, two systems” and pledged to create space for that outcome.
- Recent Xinhua commentaries outlined a post-reunification “patriots” governance model and promised to respect Taiwan’s social system and way of life.
- China’s top Taiwan policymaker Wang Huning avoided any mention of force in a key speech, emphasizing claimed mutual benefits of reunification.
- Taiwan’s National Security Bureau chief Tsai Ming-yen rejected the “patriots” model as a Hong Kong– and Macau-style approach that has no market in Taiwan, as President Trump said he did not know if he would discuss Taiwan with Xi.