Chinese propagandists claim the Chinese public wants reunification with Taiwan—and is willing to use force to achieve it. To find out if this is really the mood on the ground, David Rennie, our Beijing bureau chief, travels to Xiamen, a Chinese city just across the Taiwan strait. Together with Alice Su, our senior China correspondent, they ask: Does the Chinese public really want a war with Taiwan?
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