Xi Jinping Appoints New Administration Members: What Does This Mean for Taiwan?

Chinese leader Xi Jinping (front) walks with members of the Chinese Communist Party's new Politburo Standing Committee, the nation's top decision-making body, as they meet the media in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 23, 2022. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced members of its 20th Politburo and Central Military Commission (CMC) on Oct. 23.

Four new members of the Politburo have a military background and two CMC members are from China’s eastern theater command that is responsible for Taiwan, triggering further concerns abroad over Taiwan.