China: Xi’s new year’s address wasn’t a threat against Taiwan – it was a strategic move for legitimacy
China: Xi’s new year’s address wasn’t a threat against Taiwan – it was a strategic move for legitimacy: Kaliva/Shutterstock In his new year address, Chinese president Xi Jinping claimed that Taiwan would “surely be reunified” with China. Against the backdrop of increased Chinese military posturing in the Taiwan Strait, some western journalists are framing Xi’s …