Xi reiterates reunification of Taiwan, Yarlung Tsangpo dam project in New Year address

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 2: Chinese President Xi Jinping has reiterated Beijing’s long-standing claim over Taiwan, declaring that the “reunification of our motherland” is “unstoppable,” while also confirming the start of construction of a major hydropower project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, in his New Year message.

In the address delivered on December 31, Xi stressed the Chinese Communist Party’s commitment to the “One Country, Two Systems” framework and emphasised Beijin...

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