CCP Military Expert: Deadline for Taiwan Issue May Be as Soon as Tomorrow, or as Late as 2050

Military vehicles carrying missiles drive past the Tiananmen Gate during a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Beijing, China, on Sept. 3, 2015. Rolex Dela Pena - Pool /Getty Images

Chinese officials reiterate commitment for so-called national reunification with Taiwan, a democratic island that Beijing claims as its own, amid heightened tensions in the Taiwan Strait.

On April 16, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng told The Associated Press: “China’s national reunification is an unstoppable historical process and trend.”