Talking tough, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday said Taiwan independence is “unfeasible” and “no secessionist act” will be tolerated, even as he proposed the Hong Kong model of “One country, Two systems” for peaceful reunification of the island with mainland China.
“Although the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have been separated since 1949, the fact that the two sides belong to one China has not changed, and will not be changed,” he said. Reunification will end political confrontation but it does not mean remoulding territory and sovereignty, Xi told visiting pro-reunification groups.
The basic guideline to solve the Taiwan question is “peaceful reunification; one country, two systems”.