China's Anti-Secession Law permits non-peaceful means over Taiwan

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Article 8: the state shall employ non-peaceful means and other necessary measures if secession occurs or peaceful reunification is exhausted — China's Anti-Secession Law permits non-peaceful means over Taiwan · Adopted 14 March 2005Anti-Secession Law of the PRC, full text, Embassy of the PRC in the USA · Adopted 14 March 2005Source named — not yet verified

Source

Anti-Secession Law of the PRC, full text, Embassy of the PRC in the USA — https://us.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/zt/twwt/200503/t20050315_4912997.htm. Matched to the source page by an automated research pass on 6 Oct 2026; not yet checked by a person..

What it proves

Beijing has written the use of force over Taiwan into law, making the Strait the likeliest trigger of a US-China war.

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