Taipei Times | Michael Mazza On Taiwan: For Xi Jinping, uncoerced unification is no longer an option

By: Michael Mazza | TAIPEI TIMES |

China has given up on peaceful, uncoerced unification with Taiwan. That is the message that clearly emerges yet again from China’s approach to and response to Taiwan’s recent election.

During the campaign season that preceded January 13, Beijing made virtually no effort to win hearts and minds in Taiwan. It relied instead on political warfare and outright threats. China claimed that “peace and war” were on the ballot…

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