China Media Group (CMG) on Wednesday released the top 10 stories across the Taiwan Straits in 2022.
1. Taiwan question on agenda of 20th CPC National Congress
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, October 16, 2022. /Xinhua
The overall policy framework for resolving the Taiwan question in the new era was put forward in the report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for the first time, which opened on October 16, 2022. The CPC Constitution, revised and adopted at the 20th CPC National Congress on October 22, explicitly added Taiwan-related contents including "resolutely opposing and deterring separatists seeking 'Taiwan independence'."
2. Xi-Biden meeting in Bali on Taiwan question
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in Bali, Indonesia, November 14, 2022. /Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping explained the origin of the Taiwan question and showed China's principled position on Taiwan question during his in-person meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Bali, Indonesia on November 14, 2022.
Describing Taiwan question is at "the very core of China's core interests" and the bedrock of the political foundation of China-U.S. relations, Xi warned that the Taiwan question was the first red line that must not be crossed in bilateral ties.
3. Xi replies to letter from Taiwan youths
The 20th Straits Youth Forum opens in Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China, July 12, 2022. /CFP
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged young people across the Taiwan Straits to jointly strive for the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation in a letter replying to young people from the Taiwan region attending the Straits Youth Forum, which is one of the main parts of the 14th Straits Forum held in Xiamen City, southeast China's Fujian Province on July 12.
4. China releases white paper on Taiwan question in the new era
The white paper titled "The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era" is published in Beijing, China, August 10, 2022. /CFP
China published a white paper titled "The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era" on August 10, elaborating the fact that Taiwan is part of China and stressing that realizing China's complete reunification is a shared aspiration of the Chinese nation.
5. Meeting held marking 30th anniversary of the 1992 Consensus
Wang Yang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, speaks at a meeting marking the 30th anniversary of the 1992 Consensus in Beijing, July 26, 2022. /Xinhua
China's top political advisor Wang Yang stressed the importance of upholding the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, and called for jointly striving to achieve the reunification of the motherland at a meeting marking the 30th anniversary of the 1992 Consensus in Beijing, on July 26, 2022.
6. Military drills around Taiwan Island
The plan of Chinese People's Liberation Army's military drills near China's Taiwan Island. /Xinhua
The Chinese People's Liberation Army conducted live-fire military drills in six different areas encircling the island of Taiwan in response to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the Taiwan region in early August.
7. Sanctions on 'Taiwan independence' diehards announced
Sanctions on "Taiwan independence" diehards are announced on August 16, 2022. /Website of the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee
The Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee announced sanctions on "Taiwan independence" diehards on a Chinese mainland list on August 16.
8. KMT wins 14 seats in Taiwan's local elections
View of Taipei, China's Taiwan region. /CFP
The Taiwan region held local elections on November 26. Among the elected 22 county and city chief posts, the Chinese Kuomintang party won 14 seats, the Democratic Progressive Party landed five, the Taiwan People's Party landed one while the other two went to independent candidates, according to the island's election affairs authority.
9. Chinese character 'Si' voted word of 2022 across Taiwan Straits
The Chinese character "Si" is voted as word of 2022 across the Taiwan Straits. /CFP
The Chinese character "Si," whose meanings include think and miss, received the highest number of votes in the 2022 cross-Strait Chinese Character of the Year competition co-sponsored by institutions on both sides of the Taiwan Straits.
10. Taiwan compatriots volunteer in Beijing 2022 Winter Games
Taiwan youths volunteering for Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games pose for a group photo in Beijing, China, January 25, 2022. /CFP
Taiwan compatriots participated in the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in various events, injecting warmth and vitality into cross-Strait relations.