Xi vows to prevent anyone from 'splitting Taiwan from China in any way'

Open this photo in gallery: Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during a meeting with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, at the Presidential Palace, in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Dec. 13.Luong Thai Linh/The Associated Press President Xi Jinping vowed on Tuesday to resolutely prevent anyone from "splitting Taiwan from China in any way", the official Xinhua news agency reported, a little more than two weeks before Taiwan elects a new leader. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, despite the strong objections of the government in Taipei, and has ramped up military and political pressure to assert its sovereignty claims….