China's envoy in Kenya says Taiwan reunification 'will surely' happen

Ambassador Guo Haiyan said taiwan's reunification with the Chinese mainland is inevitable. [Brian Ngugi, Standard] China's ambassador to Kenya, Guo Haiyan, said on Friday that Taiwan's reunification with the Chinese mainland is inevitable. She made the comments during the opening of a photo exhibition in Nairobi marking the 81st anniversary of what Beijing calls Taiwan's "restoration" to China. "The motherland must be reunified, and will surely be reunified," Guo said in a statement. She said attempts by Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party and "Taiwan independence" forces to challenge that outcome "are doomed to fail," and that they could not stop "China's eventual and inevitable national reunification." The exhibition, titled "Remembering Taiwan's Restoration, Advancing National Reunification ," was organised by Xinhua News Agency's Africa regional bureau and China Photo Service, with the Chinese embassy providing guidance.