President Xi Jinping gave a congress speech summing up the government's purported achievements in the last five years. Experts said he was quite vague on the issue of Taiwan as the party paves the way for his third term.
President Xi Jinping gave a congress speech summing up the government's purported achievements in the last five years. Experts said he was quite vague on the issue of Taiwan as the party paves the way for his third term.
A parliamentary delegation's visit this week demonstrates symbolic support for Taipei, but experts say it is not a fundamental shift in the status-quo of Germany's stance towards Taiwan.
China views Taiwan as part of its territory and vows to "unify" the democratically-governed island with the mainland, using force if necessary. Tensions between the two sides are running high.