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Diplomatic storm at Pacific Islands Forum as China-Taiwan clash reveals power struggles and challenges of diplomacy.

Turmoil over China’s influence in the affairs of South Pacific island nations has flared as it emerged that a Pacific leader at the region’s most important diplomatic summit apparently pledged to erase an affirmation of Taiwan’s involvement in the meeting from its closing statement

A joint declaration by Pacific leaders was reissued Saturday morning with mentions of Taiwan removed after China slammed an earlier version as a "mistake" that "must be corrected".

The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat has removed a reference affirming Taiwan's status in the organisation from a previously-published communique.

China is developing new hypersonic weapons and other methods to threaten the island, defence ministry says

‘Visibly angry’ Qian Bo demands correction of Taiwan’s ‘development partner’ label despite its use for more than three decades

Taiwan's defence ministry has said that China currently lacks the capacity to "fully" invade the island nation, despite bringing advanced new weapons and exploring alternative options to threaten Taiwan, such as inspecting foreign cargo ships.

China's campaign of confrontation, from remote reefs in Southeast Asia to Taiwan and far-flung Japanese islands, is designed to wear down regional rivals competing with it for contested territories, analysts say.

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