China Will 'Unify' Taiwan Within 30 Years: Analyst On 4/22/21 at 9:25 AM EDT Wang Yunfei told Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po that China could take Taiwan by force if it felt compelled by the current Taiwanese government or "external forces"—a phrase that generally refers to the United States. Wang's comments in the pro-Beijing newspaper were published on Tuesday, a few days after China's Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng was interviewed by The Associated Press. The official said the Chinese government had "no room for compromise" on what it calls the "Taiwan question." "We will never allow Taiwan to be independent," he said.