The Anti-Secession Law (Simplified Chinese: 反分裂国家法; Pinyin: Fǎn fēnliè guójiā fǎ) is a piece of legislature passed in March 2005 by the National People's Congress of the PRC with the purpose of expressing support for peaceful reunification of Taiwan and Mainland China under a common regime and showing opposition to attempts to the contrary by what it alleges to be "secessionist Taiwan independence forces".
The law doesn't represent or achieve any meaningful shift in the PRC's Taiwan policy, but it serves to reinforce commitment to an eventual reunification, as well as the ambiguity Beijing's red lines, which gives it additional discretion over how to react to events unfolding on Taiwan.
