relevant context buried deep in the article: This is not the first time China has omitted the word peaceful

my interpretation: this does not signal any meaningful change in policy. Whole article is basically worthless. though the bit about stamping out corruption in military procurement ig is vaguely interesting?

I heard China dropped their peaceful reunification reference and when Tawain bent down to pick it up China gave them a wedgie and everyone at school laughed about it. 😕

Pick it up. I’m not in the mood.