
China Renews Vow To Reunite With Taiwan
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the people of Taiwan to accept it "must and will be" reunited with China.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the people of Taiwan to accept it "must and will be" reunited with China.
He reiterated Beijing's call for peaceful unification on a one-country-two-systems basis but also warned that China reserved the right to use force.
Also in the programme; two women in India break a centuries old tradition of entering a Hindu temple where women of 'menstruating age' are banned from entering; and Netflix comes under pressure as it is revealed they removed in Saudi Arabia a comedy episode, which was highly critical of the Kingdom and its Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman.
(Picture: A woman walks past a television in New Taipei City showing China"s leader Xi Jinping making a speech. Credit: Sam Yeh / AFP / Getty Images)
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