Taiwan officials increase rhetoric against Beijing following end of 20th party congress


With the conclusion of China’s 20th party congress, Taipei has doubled down on its rhetoric against Beijing as Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party seeks to turn up the heat ahead of local government elections next month.

But analysts said that such rhetorical conflict fuels bilateral animosity and might trigger unintentional incidents that could undermine the chance of cross-strait peace.

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