Beijing said it has the “greatest sincerity” for peaceful unification with Taiwan in its clearest statement of intent since US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island triggered a crisis. On the same day as it announced a formal end to unprecedented military exercises encircling the island, Beijing released the first white paper on Taiwan in over two decades, titled “The Taiwan Question and China’s Reunification in the New Era”. It clearly laid out China’s position, saying it would never allow any attempt to separate Taiwan but also would try its best to achieve unification by peaceful means. “We…