with taiwan must be fulfilled. his comments come at a time of heightened military tension in the region. it also comes a day before taiwan which china views as a breakaway province celebrates its national day. our correspondent, john sudworth, has more from taipei. this was a very confident chinese president saying not only must unification with taiwan be achieved, but that it will be achieved. you know, underlining this idea of this inevitability behind this process. of course it is important to say this is the kind of thing we have heard from the chinese leadership many, many times before. i think it is coming under more scrutiny at the moment because of the context. first of all, as you mentioned, these comments come around a couple of significant anniversaries, china recently celebrating its national day, taiwan s national day tomorrow, but also china upping the tension with these military sorties that it has been flying into the taiwanese air defence identification zone, acts seen
light switch flicks. katie prescott, bbc news. china s president xijinping has said that reunification with taiwan must be fulfilled. his comments come at a time of heightened military tension in the region. it also comes a day before taiwan, which china views as a breakaway province, celebrates its national day. mr xi added that unification should be achieved peacefully but he didn t rule out the potential use of force to achieve that goal. in response, taiwan has said its future rests in the hands of its own people. here a little of what president xi had to say. translation: unification is the hope of all chinese translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. if translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. if china - translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. if china can - of all chinese people. if china can be unified, all chinese will enjoy a happy life. if china cannot un
things they said if they are not against women s education or rights to go to work, so this is the backdrop against which those talks are happening. as far as the taliban is concerned, this is part of a series of efforts to gain international recognition. they had a meeting with uk diplomats in afghanistan recently. he said they would also be meeting european officials soon. the reason they want that recognition is because it is a key step forward in trying to unblock foreign funding to afghanistan. many international countries and organisations have stopped funding to afghanistan, fearing it would for into the hands of the taliban, and they are trying to unfreeze those funds. taiwanese president tsai ing wuhn has vowed to uphold democracy and freedom at home amid growing tensions with beijing. taiwan, which china views
china s president xijinping has said that reunification with taiwan must be fulfilled. his comments come at a time of heightened military tension in the region. it also comes a day before taiwan which china views as a breakaway province celebrates its national day. mr xi added that unification should be achieved peacefully but he didn t rule out the potential use of force to achieve that goal. in response, taiwan has said its future rests in the hands of its own people. here is a little of what president xi had to say: translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. if china can be unified, all chinese will enjoy a happy life. if china can t unify, everyone will suffer. our correspondentjohn sudworth has more from taipei.
taiwan which china views as a breakaway province celebrates its national day. mr xi added that unification should be achieved peacefully but he didn t rule out the potential use of force to achieve that goal. in response, taiwan has said its future rests in the hands of its own people. here is a little of what president xi had to say: translation: unification is the hope of all chinese people. if china can be unified, all chinese will enjoy a happy life. if china can t unify, everyone will suffer. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth has more from taipei. this was a very confident chinese president saying not only must unification with taiwan be achieved, but that it will be achieved. you know, underlining this idea of this inevitability behind this process. of course it is important to say this is the kind of thing we have