This year, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with the president of Nauru, an island nation in the South Pacific that had severed diplomatic relations with Taiwan and restored diplomatic relations with China in January, and announced that he would provide support in areas such as infrastructure construction. The aim appears to be to emphasize the benefits of establishing diplomatic relations with China and encourage countries that have diplomatic relations with Taiwan to sever ties.
According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the 25th, President Xi Jinping met with President Adane of the South Pacific island nation of Nauru, who was visiting Beijing as a state guest.
Nauru announced that it would sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan two days after the Democratic Progressive Party's Kiyotoku Lai was elected in the Taiwanese presidential election held in January this year, and restored diplomatic relations with China.
At the meeting, President Xi praised Nauru's decision as being in line with the times, and announced that China would support Nauru in areas such as infrastructure construction and climate change countermeasures.
After the meeting, the two leaders signed a cooperation document on the "One Belt, One Road" mega economic zone initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping.
China appears to be aiming to emphasize the merits of establishing diplomatic relations with China based on its economic power, urge countries that have diplomatic relations with Taiwan to sever ties, and put pressure on Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party government, which has shown a stance of opposition to China. You can
The number of countries that have diplomatic relations with Taiwan has decreased from 22 to 12 since the Democratic Progressive Party's Tsai Ing-wen government took office in 2016.