According to the US, China plans to speed up the annexation of Taiwan.

Beijing wants to seize Taiwan “in a much shorter time frame” than previously thought, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Monday, warning that President Xi Jinping is leading China in a more difficult aggressive direction.

“We saw China very different in recent years under Xi Jinping,” Blinken said at a Stanford University forum with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

“It’s more repressive at home, more aggressive abroad. And in many cases it challenges our own interests as well as our own values,” he added.

Xi, who is up for re-election for a third five-year term as head of the world’s most populous country, delivered a historic speech at the Communist Party Congress on Sunday in which he hailed the accomplishments of his decade in office and reaffirmed his promise to “reunite” one day, or take by force. Taiwan.

“Great Tension”

Blinken accused Xi of “creating huge tensions” by changing his stance on self-rule from Taiwanthe island that the communist party China he has never been in control, but considers the province to be rebels and claims his own.

The senior official stressed that China he made the “fundamental decision that the status quo was no longer acceptable and that Beijing was determined to push for reunification at a much shorter time frame”, though he did not give a date.

Pose China has long been a desire for “peaceful reunification” with Taiwanbut reserves the right to use force if necessary, especially if the island ever formally declares its independence.

However, the rhetoric and actions against Taiwan they became tougher under Xi.

Chinese response

In response to Blinken’s speech, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin accused Washington of changing its position on Taiwanciting examples such as the visit of U.S. House President Nancy Pelosi and the sale of arms to the island in September.

“Peaceful solution to the problem Taiwan cannot coexist with separatism TaiwanWang said.

Xi is expected to meet his US counterpart Joe Biden on the sidelines of next month’s G20 summit in Bali, their first meeting since the US president took office.

(According to AFP)

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