‘Provocation’ could accelerate Taiwan reunification, retired PLA major general says

Island’s leader William Lai has ‘challenged our red lines’, Luo Yuan says on sidelines of Beijing’s Xiangshan Forum Speaking on the sidelines of the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing on Wednesday, Luo said the timeline for reunification with mainland China was shaped by “the development of our national strength, our defence needs, the global security environment, as well as the degree of provocation from Taiwan”. Luo’s remarks came amid heightened cross-strait tensions since Lai, of the independent-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), took office in 2024.

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