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BEIJING/TAIPEI, July 1 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to complete reunification with self-ruled Taiwan and vowed to smash any attempts at formal independence, drawing a stern rebuke from Taipei, which lambasted the Communist Party as a dictatorship.
China, which considers democratically-ruled Taiwan its own territory, has stepped up efforts under Xi to assert its sovereignty claims, including regular flights by fighter jets and bombers close to the island. Solving the Taiwan question and realising the complete reunification of the motherland are the unswerving historical tasks of the Chinese Communist Party and the common aspiration of all Chinese people, Xi said in a speech on the 100th birthday of the ruling Communist Party.
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Jun 30, 2021 | 9:14 PM
BEIJING (Reuters) â Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to complete âreunificationâ with self-ruled Taiwan and vowed to âsmashâ any attempts at formal independence for the island, taking a tough line on the 100th birthday of the ruling Communist Party.
China considers democratically-ruled Taiwan its own territory, and under Xi has stepped up efforts to assert its sovereignty claims, including regularly sending fighter jets and bombers close to the island.
âSolving the Taiwan question and realising the complete reunification of the motherland are the unswerving historical tasks of the Chinese Communist Party and the common aspiration of all Chinese people,â Xi said in an address from Beijingâs Tiananmen Square.
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WELLINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The New Zealand government on Friday reiterated plans to introduce property cooling measures after the IMF warned that “unsustainable” house price rises could trigger a pronounced correction.
Finance Minster Grant Robertson said the government will address the issue of the elevated house prices in the coming weeks and in the 2021 budget later this year.
The country’s success in managing COVID-19 has enabled a faster economic recovery than other countries, but a slew of monetary and fiscal stimulus measures has super-charged property market values.
The International Monetary Fund’s warning, in a staff report released on Friday, comes as New Zealand’s median prices for residential property rose by a record 22.8% year-on-year in February, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ).
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WELLINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The New Zealand government on Friday reiterated plans to introduce property cooling measures after the IMF warned that “unsustainable” house price rises could trigger a pronounced correction.
Finance Minster Grant Robertson said the government will address the issue of the elevated house prices in the coming weeks and in the 2021 budget later this year.
The country’s success in managing COVID-19 has enabled a faster economic recovery than other countries, but a slew of monetary and fiscal stimulus measures has super-charged property market values.
The International Monetary Fund’s warning, in a staff report released on Friday, comes as New Zealand’s median prices for residential property rose by a record 22.8% year-on-year in February, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ).