As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is preparing for its 20th National Congress this fall, a Chinese scholar on Taiwan issues told Chinese state media that the 20th National Congress will further realize China’s plan to fully occupy Taiwan “under the guidance of the Party’s overall strategy for resolving the Taiwan issue in the new era.” The scholar, Zhou Zhihuai, is the director of the Academic Committee of the Center for Taiwan and East Asian Studies at East China Normal University. Zhou made the statement in an exclusive interview with China News Service on Jan. 19. He also said that the CCP should focus on eliminating interference from Taiwan’s ruling party—the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)—as well as from external forces, and should “build a new mechanism to unilaterally resolve the Taiwan issue at its own pace.” Zhou further predicted that in a “unified” state, the DPP will completely lose the …
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