00:00China has rejected claims by US President Donald Trump that Xi Jinping promised not to invade Taiwan during his term.
00:08Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning says the island is an eternal matter for Beijing.
00:16Speaking at a daily press briefing, she said Taiwan was an unalienable part of Chinese territory
00:22and that resolving the issue was a matter only for the people of China.
00:26She added that China would do its utmost to strive for peaceful reunification
00:31but will never allow anyone or any force to separate Taiwan from China in any way.
00:37China views Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to reunify with a democratic and separately governed island,
00:44a sovereignty claim that Taiwan denies.
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