Chinese leader Xi Jinping declared the need for complete "reunification" of Taiwan with China, promising to organize the process peacefully, writes Reuters.
According to him, solving the Taiwan issue is the "historic task" of the Chinese Communist Party, and the PRC will adhere to the "one country, two systems" policy.
The Taiwanese government has denied these claims. The Council on Mainland China Relations said that neither the government nor the people of Taiwan could agree to a principle that could lead to submission to the authoritarian rule of the Communist Party.