Xi Jinping vows to reunify China and Taiwan in New Year’s Eve speech – Reunification ‘is unstoppable’, says Chinese president

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/31/xi-jinping-vows-reunification-china-taiwan-new-years-eve-speech

40 Comments

  1. It is more important than ever to support Ukraine against Russian imperialism. Xi is referring to the war in Ukraine: *“The reunification of our motherland, a trend of the times, is unstoppable.”*

    Xi feels emboldened by a weak US administration that is aligned with Russian imperialism.

  2. I wonder if China is the same kind of paper tiger as Russia. Taking Taiwan won’t be easy unless the US gives up. 

  3. How he would achieve it is the issue. An invasion or a blockade would disrupt the world economy far more than the 2001 or 2008 recessions, or COVID-19.

  4. Prettyflyforwiseguy on

    “Taiwan must be squashed like a bug” – my Chinese MIL living in a first world western nation

  5. All Xi has to do is have someone create a fake company that will donate $100 mil. to Trump or purchase some soy beans from US farmers and the US will say Taiwan invaded China and China had a right to defend itself.

  6. Galactic-Guardian404 on

    He’s in a hurry to do it while there’s such incredibly inept leadership in the U.S.

  7. Intelligence reports dating back to 2015 detailed a range of 2026 – 2028 to be China’s best possible window for a successful invasion of Taiwan.

    The world economy is not prepared for that event. And it’s a matter of when, not if.

  8. MrPresident2020 on

    Great, the actual Chinese government can take over again and the PRC government can get fucked.

  9. Every Single Year. OMG! Don’t anybody get tired of his and his croonies bullshit?

    Also

    Don’t trust China. China is asshole.

  10. After the Hong Kong crackdowns and the Tienanmen Square massacre I cannot imagine that the Taiwanese are eager to trust anything Xi or his government says.

  11. Long-Time-lurker-1 on

    Age of Empires only took a slight break. Regular programming back as scheduled, now with nuclear weapons.

    Im truly amazed by everyone’s willingness to go along with what a few power tripping dicks want to do. Why does this keep happening. All of human history some dick head has tried to take over the world, failed, got murdered, took a few million innocent people with them. Rinse and repeat.

    But this time, says dictator 4927, will be different.

  12. Every year since 2020 has been a shit show, starting with COVID. It’s been a mess since. Can we not just have a normal year for once?

  13. If China invades, the question is whether Trump defends Taiwan or not. If the answer is no, massive amounts of microchip production grinds to a halt and a huge part of the global supply chain is fucked. If the answer is yes, trade between China and the west freezes and the global economy is fucked. Both scenarios are very messy and unpredictable, which leads me to believe an invasion isn’t imminent.
    The Taiwanese people deserve their independence. China is being a bullying imperialist and their fixation is pretty pathetic. They are already one of the biggest nations on earth. They need more territory? They are behaving like Russia.

  14. May as well make hay (steal land) whilst the sun shines (the weakest US president in over a century is in power).

  15. As a species, I hope that one day we figure out a way to keep these vile creatures that are driven to dominate other people and steal resources just aren’t a thing anymore.

  16. Invasion you mean? Lol, for “unity” it takes both parties wanting the same thing.

     Gotta love China’s ridiculous relabeling of abhorrent things. Concentration Camp = “Reeducation Camp” 🙄

  17. he has been saying this for a while but something tells me he probably thinks his best chances are to try while we have the dumbest most incompetent administration in the history of our country. i hope wrong, and i likely am. never rule it out!

  18. I seriously don’t get any leaders infatuation with taking land at this stage in the world order. Everyone is generally established. Why not work on uplifting your country and other countries together? In what way dos China need Taiwan? Who the fuck in China, as an average citizen there, would ever go, “That Xi Jinping sure was great, he reunified a country that didn’t want to be part of China.” Why would they care? Improve your own people’s lives.

  19. The country we call Taiwan has never been a part of The People’s Republic of China (the country we call China) so technically speaking, it cannot be re-unified.

    It can only be seized or annexed.

  20. I don’t understand dictators. They already control a billion people and one of the most powerful countries, why do they need to push for more? You already won in life. Sit back and enjoy it, bro.

  21. TeenJesusWasaCunt on

    China has a unique opportunity that normally only happens once every 100 years due to America having the worst president its ever had. Trump will do nothing for Taiwan while ranting about peace and bombing Venezuela

  22. If Taiwan was already part of China why the need to unify? Dude really needs to get the story straight.

    Also when was Taiwan ever part of the PRC? Mandella effect is strong with this one.