President Xi Jinping told China on Sunday that the nation’s reunification with Taiwan is bound to happen. “The reunification of the motherland is a historical inevitability,” he said in his New Year’s address, according to the official translation. His remarks came two weeks before Taiwan, which broke away in 1949, holds elections that could alter relations, Politico Europe reports. China still claims Taiwan as its territory and has been increasing pressure on the island by conducting military drills in the area. His government has never said it won’t use force against Taiwan, but Xi included …