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Graeme Smith, Associate professor, Australian National University

The US isn’t the only country voting on Nov 5. This small Pacific nation is also holding an election – and China is watching

The Capitol building in the Pacific island nation of Palau. Erika Bisbocci

The United States isn’t the only country with a big election on November 5. Palau, a tourism-dependent microstate in the north Pacific, will also vote for a new president, Senate and House of Delegates that day.

Why does this election matter? Palau is one of the few remaining countries that has diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

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