China's New National Security White Paper Highlights Goal to Unify With Taiwan

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China published a new national security white paper which emphasizes its goals of bringing Taiwan under its control. Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council dismissed the report as presenting "nothing new."

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00:00China aims to support a so-called patriotic unification force in Taiwan.

00:05That's according to its latest national security white paper published on Monday.

00:09Taiwan's mainland affairs council, which governs Taipei's relations with Beijing,

00:14dismisses the report as containing nothing new.

00:30China claims Taiwan as part of its territory.

00:35The white paper says that it will seek to unify Taiwan through peaceful means,

00:39but will not rule out force.

00:41The full white paper was released in Chinese.

00:43An English abstract also released does not mention China's ambitions for Taiwan.

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