Taiwan Loses Nauru as Ally Days Amid Tension With China After Election

Published on January 15, 2024

Taiwan lost one of its remaining diplomatic partners to China in just two days after its presidential and parliamentary elections, a move Taipei said was maneuvered by Beijing to attack its democracy. Nauru will sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan as of Jan. 15 and “no longer develop any official relations or official exchanges with Taiwan,” the government of Nauru said in a Facebook post on Monday morning. The small Pacific Island nation of 13,000 would seek to switch its diplomatic allegiance to the communist regime in China, according to the statement. Shortly after Nauru’s announcement, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said it would “terminate diplomatic relations with Nauru with immediate effect” to “safeguard national sovereignty and dignity.”...

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