China's Xi Jinping says reunification inevitable, as Taiwan election nears

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday that the reunification of the motherland is a "historical inevitability" in an address delivered on New Year's eve, with the self-ruled island heading into its Jan. 13 presidential election."China will surely be reunified, and all Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should be bound by a common sense of purpose and share in the glory of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," the leader said, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.The remarks once again indicate the mainland's determination to bring the democratic island into its fold, by f…READ FULL ARTICLE