{"id":10244,"date":"2021-01-19T11:08:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T11:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3118363\/chinese-leadership-says-country-must-use-its-strengths-curb-pro"},"modified":"2021-01-19T11:08:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T11:08:22","slug":"chinese-leadership-says-country-must-use-its-strengths-to-curb-pro-independence-forces-in-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/19\/chinese-leadership-says-country-must-use-its-strengths-to-curb-pro-independence-forces-in-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese leadership says country must use its strengths to curb pro-independence forces in Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"Beijing has pledged to use what it sees as its political and economic strengths to contain pro-independence forces in Taiwan, identifying it as a key task for the Communist Party\u2019s centenary year.Wang Yang, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China\u2019s top leadership body, told officials from the mainland\u2019s Taiwan Affairs Office to work to promote cross-strait unity and respond quickly to the \u201cgrave and complicated\u201d situation, according to a report by the party mouthpiece People\u2019s Daily\u2026\n