Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday that Beijing is "resolutely opposed" to external interference in cross-strait relations as well as activities by "Taiwan independence" separatist forces, in a veiled warning to the United States.In the face of deteriorating ties between Beijing and Washington over the self-ruled democratic island, Xi stressed the need in his speech at the end of an annual parliamentary session to uphold the one-China principle, which deems Taiwan an inseparable part of China, and "unswervingly advance" unification efforts.China has sharply increased its military pres…READ FULL ARTICLE