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China Exclusion Efforts Backfire: Pacific Islands Back Taiwan’s Inclusion

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- Pacific Islands Forum supports Taiwan participation - Japan Embassy in Denmark bucks China Ambassador - US government disputes Beijing’s WWII claims - US war secretary reasserts Pacific interests - China’s ‘village surveillance’ model in Solomon Islands - Taiwan issues new civil defense handbooks The Pacific Islands Forum has backed Taiwan’s involvement in their annual gathering, while the Japanese Embassy in Denmark refused to cave to a demand from the Chinese Ambassador to exclude Taiwan’s diplomats from a commemorative event. Meanwhile, the de facto US Embassy in Taipei has repudiated Beijing’s propaganda claims that the 1943 Cairo Declaration, the 1945 Potsdam Proclamation and the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco are evidence Taiwan belongs to China. It comes as US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reasserted US interests in the Pacific, and as Taiwan issued new civil defense handbooks and upped its maritime patrols to safeguard its undersea cables. Is Beijing falling short in its efforts to isolate Taipei, both diplomatically and militarily? In this episode, our experts analyze these latest foreign policy developments and what they mean for Taiwan and its allies. *Recorded on September 16, 2025 at 3:00pm Taiwan Standard Time Host: Yin Khvat Our guests: Yuan Yi - National Chengchi University Institute of International Relations Adjunct Research Fellow Brian Hioe - New Bloom Magazine Founding Editor