China's top leaders have kept the tone on Taiwan measured and succinct at Beijing's annual parliamentary meetings, despite a recent fatal maritime clash near the Taiwan-ruled Kinmen islands that has increased cross-strait tensions.
China 's top leaders have kept the tone on Taiwan measured and succinct at Beijing's annual parliamentary meetings , despite a recent fatal maritime clash near the Taiwan -ruled Kinmen islands that has increased cross-strait tensions . Premier Li Qiang only broadly restated China 's usual position on Taiwan in his work report delivered on March 5.
Mr Wang Huning, the Communist Party of China's fourth-ranked official, also kept mention of cross-strait ties to a minimum in another report a day earlier. Beijing will 'resolutely oppose separatist activities aimed at 'Taiwan independence' and external interference', while promoting the 'peaceful development of cross-strait relations' - language that has remained broadly similar to previous years'
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