Xi will make Taiwan reunification a long-term goal at party congress

Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to outline at the next ruling Communist Party congress, once every five years, the reunification of self-governing democratic Taiwan with the mainland as a long-term goal, according to party and government sources.

A plan has been mooted for Xi to tell congress next month that reunification would be essential to achieving Beijing’s goal of achieving “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation”, which the leader aims to achieve by now. the mid-21st century, according to the sources.