Tsai's ploys can't prevent reunification

Delivering a speech to mark the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan on Jan 2, President Xi Jinping said reunification of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan under the "one country, two systems" principle is a "historical conclusion drawn over the 70 years of the development of cross-Straits relations, and a must for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era".

Xi's speech was widely welcomed by people on both sides of the Straits. But the island leader Tsai Ing-wen, who has refused to accept the 1992 Consensus that there is only one China, has called for her administration to counter the mainland's "one country, two systems" formula for reunification.

Speaking at a "security meeting" last week, Tsai asked her officials to counter what she described as a serious challenge to the island's security and to stop the mainland from interfering in the island's political, economic and social development. Which means she wants to continue her anti-mainland policies and mislead Taiwan for her narrow political gains.