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| Taiwan's government says "only the people of the island can decide their future." (Photo: getty images) |
China has reneged on its promise not to send troops there if it takes control of Taiwan.
China's white paper on Taiwan indicates less autonomy than previously offered by President Xi Jinping.
China said in two of its white papers on Taiwan in 1993 and 2000 that it would "not send troops or administrative personnel to Taiwan after the achievement of reunification."
The latest white paper made no such indication.
This would indicate that Taiwan would become independent after becoming a special administrative region of China.
China's ruling Communist Party had proposed that Taiwan could withdraw its rule under the 'one country, two systems' model as Under this formula, the former British colony of Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
It would give democratically-ruled Taiwan some autonomy to partially preserve its social and political system.
Taiwan's political parties have rejected the 'one country, two systems' proposal, and according to opinion polls, it has little public support.
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council has condemned the white paper, saying it is full of lies and ignores the facts.
Only the 23 million people of Taiwan have the right to decide the future of Taiwan, and they will never accept the results determined by an authoritarian government.
The latest white paper is titled 'The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era'.
"New Era" is a term commonly associated with the rule of President Xi Jinping. Xi Jinping is expected to win a third term at the Communist Party Congress later this year.
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