Pacific Forum Splits Over China Missile Condemnation — SkimNews
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- Pacific Islands Forum leaders backed concerns over China's ballistic missile launch but failed to reach unanimous condemnation, with Nauru breaking ranks as the sole dissenter.
- Taiwan separately condemned China's actions, while The Economist framed the summit as "fizzling" as China flexes its muscles across the region.
Why it matters: With Nauru blocking a unified rebuke of China's missile test, the Pacific Islands Forum hands Beijing a quiet diplomatic win and signals that individual members can be peeled off from consensus positions — a crack Taiwan's separate condemnation could not paper over.
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