Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te will visit three key South Pacific island nations that are increasingly under China's influence.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is set to embark on a diplomatic tour of the South Pacific later this month, visiting three key island nations that are increasingly under China's sphere of influence.The trip, from Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, will take him to the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Palau—countries that remain formal allies of Taiwan in a region where China has been aggressively pursuing both diplomatic and economic inroads.
In contrast, Taiwan has cultivated informal but robust ties with numerous countries, most notably the United States, which remains its primary source of diplomatic and military support.
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