The Guardian-Nauru to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China
January 15, 2024 2 min 240 words
这则报道揭示了瑙鲁在台湾总统选举后选择与中国建交的决定。这标志着台北失去了其首个外交盟友，瑙鲁成为第一个在选举后改投北京的盟友。瑙鲁政府声称此举符合国家和人民的最佳利益，寻求全面恢复与中国的外交关系。台湾失去一个正式的外交盟友，使其仅剩下12个正式外交盟友。这进一步凸显了中国在国际舞台上的影响力，以及其对台湾外交孤立的努力。这一事件再次表明国际政治中的权衡与竞争，也提醒着各国在维护自身利益和稳定地区关系之间的复杂挑战。
Nauru will sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan and recognise China, the government of the small Pacific Islands nation said on Monday, marking Taipei’s first diplomatic ally to switch to Beijing following the weekend’s presidential election.
The Nauru government said that “in the best interests” of the country and its people it was seeking full resumption of diplomatic relations with China.
“This means that the Republic of Nauru will no longer recognise the Republic of China [Taiwan] as a separate country but rather as an inalienable part of China’s territory, and will sever ‘diplomatic relations’ with Taiwan as of this day and no longer develop any official relations or official exchanges with Taiwan,” it said in a statement.
Nauru’s move leaves Taiwan with only 12 formal diplomatic allies, including Guatemala, Paraguay, Eswatini, Palau and the Marshall Islands.
China claims Taiwan as its own territory with no right to state-to-state ties, a position Taiwan strongly disputes.
Taiwan security officials told the Reuters news agency before Saturday’s election that China was likely to continue to whittle away at the handful of countries that have formal diplomatic ties with Taipei.
Lai Ching-te from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the presidential election on Saturday as expected and will take office on 20 May. Before the election China called Lai a dangerous separatist.