Taiwan sees more Chinese coercion, intimidation in Xi’s next term

TAIPEI – Taiwan expects China to increase its coercion and intimidation to achieve its goal of bringing the island under Beijing’s control once President Xi Jinping assumes a third term in office, a senior Taiwanese minister said on Thursday. Beijing’s once-in-five years leadership reshuffle is set for the Communist Party of China congress that starts Oct 16, where Mr Xi is poised to break with precedent and secure a third leadership term. China regards Taiwan as a renegade province to be reunified, by force if necessary. Beijing has ramped up military and political pressure on Taipei, including staging war games…