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I voted for the first time in the Taiwan elections. Fuck the CCP.
Disappointing, but hardly surprising, given how much pressure China has been putting on small Pacific nations over the past few years. The timing makes it even more clear than it would have otherwise been that this isn't a decision made because anyone involved thinks it's the right one, but out of shallow political games.
If Vietnam and Malaysia can be bullied into giving up territorial claims to China WTF is Nauru going to do in response to any pressure?
Non-story.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Taiwan has lost another diplomatic ally to China just days after its presidential election in what Taipei said was both sudden and designed by Beijing to suppress the island’s “democratic achievements.”
Lai Ching-te, the current vice president and a staunch defender of Taiwan’s distinct identity and sovereignty, won the presidential election on Saturday, handing the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) a historic third straight term.
China’s ruling Communist Party views Taiwan as its own territory, despite having never controlled it, and has ramped up diplomatic pressure on Taipei in recent years, including by poaching its allies.
On Monday, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry condemned China in “the strongest possible terms” for Nauru’s diplomatic switch, which it said came at “a key moment” following the presidential election.
In a regular news briefing Monday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson did not divulge whether Beijing had pledged financial aid to Nauru, but welcomed its move.
Analysts say these unofficial relationships with powerful Western nations are in many ways more consequential than the official diplomatic ties it maintains with a handful of smaller countries.
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