China withdrew a promise to not send troops or communist administrators to Taiwan if it took control of the island, according to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) white paper released on Aug. 10.
The move appears to signal a decision by CCP leader Xi Jinping to grant Taiwan less autonomy than previously promised should the regime succeed in forcibly uniting Taiwan with the mainland.
The paper, published in state-owned media outlet China Daily, was similar to two other documents, which were published in 1993 and 2000. In the newest version, however, the CCP removed a vow that it would “not send troops or administrative personnel to be based in Taiwan.”…