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Significance
This includes the invitation to the US-hosted Summit for Democracy last month. Taiwan needs official allies to represent its interests in international organisations from which it is excluded, but non-official partnerships with major democracies matter more.
Impacts
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is cautious and will not provoke China by crossing the obvious red line of declaring independence.
Anti-China sentiment in Taiwan will likely keep the China-sceptic Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in power at the 2024 elections.
Beijing will handle Japan carefully, but small countries can expect material 'punishment' for friendliness towards Taiwan.
Keywords:
Taiwan,
AP,
China,
Japan,
United States,
Australia,
international relations,
foreign policy,
military,
security
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