China intends to seize Taiwan. And it may be up to President-elect Donald Trump to stop them. In his annual New Year’s address, the Chinese president said, “People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family” and added,

Chinese President Xi Jinping is dispatching a high-ranking official to the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, in lieu of Ambassador Xie Feng, in a move that breaks tradition. Newsweek has reached out to the Trump team and Chinese Foreign Ministry by email with requests for comment.

Beijing told Trump’s transition team that the top official would attend instead of Xi, according to several people familiar with the talks. The envoy would also hold talks with Trump’s team, several people said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is reportedly choosing a high-level official to represent him at President-elect Trump’s inauguration Jan. 20, in a break from diplomatic protocol of years past. Trump’s transition spokesperson confirmed last month that the president-elect offered an invitation for Xi to attend the inauguration,