Anti-Secession Law
The Anti-Secession Law (Chinese: 反分裂国家法) is a law of the People's Republic of China (PRC), passed by the 3rd Session of the 10th National People's Congress. It was ratified on March 14, 2005 and went into effect immediately. President Hu Jintao promulgated the law with Presidential Decree No. 34. Although the law, at ten articles, is relatively short. Article 8 formalized the long-standing policy of the PRC to use non-peaceful means against Taiwan independence in the event peaceful means become otherwise impossible.