While Beijing has been successful in pressuring many Pacific nations to repudiate Taiwan, 12 countries still choose to recognise the island nation. Three of those—Palau, the Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu—are full members of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
That makes the yearly meetings of that group an important event for Taiwan, which has been a development partner since 1992. China has been a dialogue partner since 1990, and the two have managed to tolerate one another’s presence.
