BEIJING — The central Chinese government in Beijing would only use force as the "last resort" for Taiwan reunification, said a retired officer of the People's Liberation Army.
"The Chinese PLA is getting stronger and stronger, and we have geographical proximity," said Zhou Bo, now a senior fellow at Tsinghua University's Center for International Strategy and Security Studies.
"That does not suggest we would use force easily because that would be the last resort," he said Tuesday on CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia." "We have the most sincere wishes to be reunited with our compatriots in Taiwan through peaceful means."
Taiwan is a democratically self-ruled island that Beijing considers part of its territory...
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