The Pacific Island Country Forum reiterated the joint statement of the qualifications of Taiwan's participation in the conference that caused strong protests in mainland China, prompting the conference to re -release the communiqué and delete relevant expressions.
Scholars of interviewees believe that this change reflects the internal differences of the Pacific Island country on the Taiwan issue, highlighting that the competition of large powers will exist for a long time in the area.
The five -day Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders' meeting ended on Satsuka on Friday (August 30).18 Pacific countries including New Zealand and Australia issued a communiqué after the meeting, which clearly rejected the appeal made by Beijing and cut off relations with Taiwan.
The 66th of the Gazette mentioned that PIF member states "reiterated the decision of the leaders' relations with Taiwan/the Republic of China in 1992", that is, continue to acknowledge the status of Taiwan's participation in the forum.
PIF is one of the most important international organizations in the Pacific.In 1993, Taiwan participated in the forum and related activities as a "development partner".This decision was based on PIF leaders in 1992 and was confirmed again in the 1999 and 2010 communiqués.
Comprehensive Agence France -Presse and Nikkei News reported that at the press conference after the meeting, some reporters witnessed Qian Bo, a special envoy of the Chinese Pacific Island State affairs, angrily protested with PIF Secretary -General Waka."Surprising mistakes", unacceptable, requires correction of related expressions in the bulletin.
Qian Bo also told the reporter present that the content of the bulletin was "a mistake" because 15 of the 18 PIF member states clearly complied with the "one China principle".China is not a member of PIF, but participates in the forum as a "dialogue partner".
PIF will remove the communiqué from the official website that night, and it will be released in the morning on Saturday (August 31).The new bulletin deletes the previous content involved in Taiwan.The official did not make any public explanations of this change.
Nagota Miki, Government of Taiwan, who attended PIF, described the change of the communiqué as a "warning signal", and pointed out that "external forces are trying to control" the organization.His remarks seem to imply the decision -making of mainland China that affects PIF.
Luo Minghui, assistant professor of public policies and global affairs courses in Nanyang University of Science and Technology, pointed out in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao that the deletion of Taiwan's expression in the bulletin reflects the internal differences between the South Pacific countries in dealing with the relationship with Taiwan, which also reflects China to prevent the Chinese side from preventing it.Taiwan is involved in any international activities and continuous efforts to obtain any representative power.
He said: "Looking forward to the future, I think that the Pacific Island country will adopt a more detailed attitude and adapt to local conditions on the Taiwan issue, and it will be more sensitive to the position of mainland China."
Taiwan has obtained diplomatic recognition from multiple South Pacific islands.However, in recent years, mainland China has increased its development support for the development of the region and contacted diplomacy, and successfully persuaded multiple countries to build diplomatic relations with Beijing.
As the PIF host of 2025, the Solomon Islands questioned the Taiwan delegation to participate in the next year's meeting, but denied that it was instructed by Beijing.Since the establishment of diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 2019, the Solomon Islands has become one of the main ally in mainland China in the South Pacific. This year, it has also received a $ 20 million (S $ 26.89 million) capital injection.
A spokesman for the New Zealand Foreign Ministry responded to AFP and said that the Pacific countries have not yet reached a consensus on expressing Taiwan.The spokesman said in the statement: "PIF's 18 member states hold different views.
Professor Shi Yinhong, a professor at the School of International Relations of the Renmin University of China, believes in an interview with the United Morning Post that under the stronger influence of the United States and Australia, most of the current South Pacific countries do not agree with Solomon's position, and they are more willing to support Taiwan as a role as a role in acting as a role.Diplomatic partner of the Regional Alliance.
He said: "This indicates that the competitive impact of external forces in the South Pacific Island will have a long -term existence and will change from ups and downs."
