U.S. lawmakers have levied criticism against China’s communist leader Xi Jinping following a speech on Oct. 16 in which he swore Taiwan would be united with the mainland by any means necessary.
Xi delivered the two-hour speech as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began its 20th Party Congress, which takes place every five years. Xi downplayed the widespread suffering and economic fallout of his so-called zero-COVID policies and vowed to force Taiwan into unification with China.
Many in the West, including top Republican lawmakers, took the speech as an overt signal that Xi was preparing to expand China’s transnational repression schemes….