This nation of Pacific Islands severed ties with Taiwan and moved to China

Sydney: This Pacific Island State Becomes Part of China Instead of Taiwan
According to a government social media post, the South Pacific island of Nauru said on Monday that it was cutting diplomatic relations with Taiwan and would instead recognize China.

The decision was made by President David Adeang, who gave an explanation of “the Nauru government’s decision to recognise the People’s Republic of China” in a national speech that was recorded and shared on Facebook.

The government of Nauru announced in a media release that Taiwan will henceforth be recognized “as an inalienable part of China’s territory” rather than “as a separate country.”

In addition, Nauru would “no longer develop any official relations or official exchanges with Taiwan” and would “sever diplomatic relations” with Taiwan right once, according to the announcement.

Beijing will probably see this as a huge victory since Nauru was one of the few countries to formally recognize Taiwan diplomatically.

The Holy See is one of the twelve governments that still do not completely recognize Taiwan.

The 12,500-person nation of Nauru is the most recent in the Pacific to sever ties with Taiwan after several years of cooperation.

Similar announcements about the Solomon Islands’ decision to transfer diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China were made in 2019.

In Africa, only Eswatini officially acknowledges Taiwan, but in Latin America, seven governments have full diplomatic links with the island, including Belize, Guatemala, Haiti and Paraguay.