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Xi Jinping's patient Taiwan reunification strategy

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Part 4
Xi, the purges and the succession (4/5).
Xi, the purges and the succession (4/5). © Stéphane Oiry

The Chinese Communist Party is readying reunification with Taiwan through a variety of tactics, including military exercises, changes to visa policies, political manoeuvring and economic pressure. The island's return to the motherland may be seen as inevitable, but Beijing is less set on a deadline.

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