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WORLD_ Palau Pushes Back Against China as Taiwan Returns to Pacific Forum ( Frank Fang & Jan Jekielek - THE EPOCH TIMES )

THE EPOCH TIMES

Palau Pushes Back Against China as Taiwan Returns to Pacific Forum

Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr. called Taiwan a partner and contributor to the Pacific Islands Forum.


Palauan President Surangel Whipps Jr. participates in a handover ceremony for renewable-energy buses from Taiwan to Palau in Koror, Palau, on Aug. 30, 2026. Jan Jekielek/The Epoch Times

Frank Fang
Reporter
&
Jan Jekielek
Senior Editor
8/30/2026|Updated: 8/30/2026

KOROR, Palau—Taiwan’s participation in a regional summit in the Pacific has highlighted Palau’s determination to pursue its own diplomatic choices despite growing pressure from Beijing.

Palau is hosting this year’s Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting, bringing together leaders of the region’s foremost 18-member bloc, including Australia and New Zealand. It has invited Taiwan to participate in events associated with the gathering after last year’s host, the Solomon Islands, excluded Taipei and other development partners, despite Taiwan’s participation in the forum since 1993.

The Solomon Islands and two other forum members, Kiribati and Nauru, switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in recent years, as China made efforts to isolate Taiwan and assert its communist rule over the self-ruled island. Palau and two other forum members, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu, are among Taiwan’s 12 remaining diplomatic allies.

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