Xi Jinping vows to fulfil Taiwan ‘reunification’ with China by peaceful means

Taiwan reiterates it is a sovereign nation after Xi says its separatism' is biggest danger to national rejuvenation'

China's president, Xi Jinping, has vowed to realise reunification" with Taiwan by peaceful means, after a week of heightened tensions in the Taiwan Strait.

Taiwan responded shortly after by calling on Beijing to abandon its coercion", reiterating that only Taiwan's people could decide their future.