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TAIPEI (Reuters) -The U.S. official who heads the body that handles unofficial ties with Taiwan on Tuesday decried Nauru's "unfortunate" decision to break ties with Taipei shortly after an ...
A statement from the government of Nauru said it was severing ties with Taiwan and seeking a resumption of relations with China. ... China said it welcomes Nauru's move to break its “so-called ...
[15] [16] In turn, Taiwan terminated diplomatic relations with Nauru. [17] Taiwan's deputy foreign minister Tien Chung-kwang attributed the end of ties with Nauru to actions by China, which he described as a "despicable act by China" and "an assault on democracy and a challenge to international norms". [18]
SYDNEY/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan lost one of its few remaining diplomatic allies Nauru to China on Monday, just days after it elected a new president, and accused China of attempting to pressure it ...
15 January – Nauru withdraws recognition of Taiwan and establishes relations with China. [1] 24 January – Nauru formally re-establishes diplomatic ties with China after withdrawing recognition of Taiwan. [2] February – Over 40 asylum seekers found by the Australian Border Force in Western Australia on 16 February are taken to Nauru. [3]
A delegation of former U.S. officials met with Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te, as the Beijing-claimed island lost another diplomatic ally in Nauru.
In early 2024, Nauru was the first country to cite Resolution 2758 for cutting its diplomatic tie with Taiwan and building a formal relation with China. [24] The official Xinhua News Agency noted that China established diplomatic ties with 183 countries on the condition of its one-China principle. [26]
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 ...