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"No one can stop China's reunification with Taiwan," Chinese President Xi Jinping declared during his New Year's speech, emphasizing the inevitability of mainland China's reunification with the island.

"People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family. No one can sever our family ties or stop the historical trend of national unification," Xi stated in his address, broadcast on China's state television.

Xi Jinping stressed that China does not rule out the use of force to achieve reunification with Taiwan if necessary to protect national interests.