Xi highlights CPC's unshakable commitment to resolving Taiwan question, realizing China's complete reunification

Resolving the Taiwan question and realizing China's complete reunification is a historic mission and an unshakable commitment of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said in Beijing on Wednesday.

Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, addressed a gathering in celebration of the CPC's 105th founding anniversary.

"Resolving the Taiwan question and achieving the complete reunification of the motherland is a historic mission to which our Party remains committed and a shared aspiration of all the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation," said Xi.

"We must thoroughly implement our Party's overall policy for the new era on resolving the Taiwan question, adhere to the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, unite the broad masses of Taiwan compatriots, deepen cross-Strait exchanges, cooperation, and integrated development, resolutely combat 'Taiwan secession' separatist forces, oppose external interference, and firmly advance the cause of national reunification," said Xi.

Xi highlights CPC's unshakable commitment to resolving Taiwan question, realizing China's complete reunification

Xi highlights CPC's unshakable commitment to resolving Taiwan question, realizing China's complete reunification

Xi highlights CPC's unshakable commitment to resolving Taiwan question, realizing China's complete reunification

Xi highlights CPC's unshakable commitment to resolving Taiwan question, realizing China's complete reunification

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday unveiled a long-delayed Defense Investment Plan, announcing an additional 15 billion pounds for defense that will bring the country's total defense spending over the next four years to nearly 300 billion pounds.

In addition, Starmer said the government would increase defense spending from 2.3 percent of the GDP in 2024 to 2.7 percent by 2029, putting Britain on a path to reach 3 percent during the next Parliament.

Originally scheduled for release in the fall of 2025, the plan has been repeatedly delayed due to disputes between the UK Ministry of Defense and the Treasury over funding scale, allocation cycles, and sources of financing.

UK adds another 15 billion pounds for defense