Beijing’s fourth-highest-ranking leader said on Saturday that China and Taiwan should pursue “peaceful reunification,” according to the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.

Wang Huning, a Communist Party Politburo standing committee member in charge of dealing with Taiwan, said at an event in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the island’s “restoration” to Chinese rule that China, however, would not tolerate any activities promoting Taiwanese independence.

At the event at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, Wang also said China will take the lead in sharing the fruits of its development and progress with Taiwan’s people, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency said in a separate report datelined Beijing.

‘Same Old Message’

Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council said China was repeat

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