China's Xi Jinping says 'reunification' with Taiwan is inevitable

Open this photo in gallery: Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a New Year message in Beijing to ring in 2024.Ju Peng/The Associated Press China's "reunification" with Taiwan is inevitable, President Xi Jinping said in his New Year's address on Sunday, striking a stronger tone than he did last year with less than two weeks to go before the Chinese-claimed island elects a new leader. The Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections are happening at a time of fraught relations between Beijing and Taipei. China has been ramping up military pressure to assert its sovereignty claims over democratically governed Taiwan. China…