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China: We will make efforts for peaceful unification with Taiwan, but the use of force is not ruled out

China: We will make efforts for peaceful unification with Taiwan, but the use of

China on Wednesday reaffirmed its threat to use military force to bring Taiwan under its control, amid threatening Chinese military exercises that have raised tensions between the two sides to their highest level in years.

In the statement of the Taiwan Affairs Office, it is said that Beijing will make efforts to achieve reunification peacefully, but that the possibility of using force and taking necessary measures would not be ruled out.

According to China, these moves are prompted by the visit of the speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, who stayed in Taiwan last week.