Peaceful reunification is the set policy of the Chinese Government.
          To realize the reunification of the country by peaceful means is
          favorable to the great unity of the Chinese nation, to the social
          stability and economic development of Taiwan and to the rejuvenation
          and prosperity of the whole of China, and is the aspiration of the
          entire Chinese people.
         
          The Chinese Government holds that adherence to peaceful
          reunification and non-commitment to renounce the use of force are
          supplementary to each other, and they are antagonistic and unified.
          If a commitment is made to completely renounce the use of force, it
          can only make peaceful reunification impossible and lead to the
          final settlement of the question by use of force. Non-commitment to
          renounce the use of force is by no means directed to the compatriots
          in Taiwan, but to schemes of the interference of foreign forces in
          the reunification of China and of "Taiwan independence".
         
          To use what means to settle the Taiwan question is purely an
          internal affair of China. A sovereign country is entitled to take
          any means it deems necessary, including military means, to safeguard
          its sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Chinese Government is
          under no obligation to undertake any commitment to any foreign
          country or people intending to split China as to what means it might
          use for the settlement of the Taiwan question.