China's Xi says nobody can stop "family reunion" with Taiwan

Record ID: 1957132

  • Title: China's Xi says nobody can stop "family reunion" with Taiwan
  • Date: 10th April 2024
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (APRIL 10, 2024) (CCTV - No use China) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING SHAKING HANDS WITH FORMER TAIWAN PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU DELEGATES SEATED XI AND DELEGATES SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE PRESIDENT, XI JINPING, SAYING: (SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY OVERLAYS SHOT 3 AND OVERLAYS SHOTS 5 TO 14) "Compatriots on both sides
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  • Keywords: Beijing China Ma Ma Ying-Jeou Meeting Taipei Taiwan Xi Xi Jinping
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001411310042024RP1
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  • Story Text: Chinese President Xi Jinping told former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday (April 10) that outside interference could not stop the "family reunification" between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and that there are no issues that cannot be discussed, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
    Ma, president from 2008 to 2016, last year became the first former Taiwanese leader to visit China, and is now on his second trip to the country, at a time of simmering military tension across the strait.
    Meeting Ma in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, where foreign leaders normally hold talks with top Chinese officials, Xi said that people on both sides of the strait are Chinese.
    Xi has also not commented publicly on Taiwan's January presidential election, won by current Vice President Lai Ching-te, viewed by Beijing as a dangerous separatist who takes office on May 20.
    (Production: Nicoco Chan)
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