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China warns of consequences after Taiwan turns up at Pacific summit
Australia and New Zealand told Beijing that the regional group will decide its own guest list, not outside countries. Taiwan's foreign minister, Lin Chia-lung, was invited to Monday's opening ceremony in Palau as a development partner for the island nations. Beijing claims the self-governing island as its own territory and has slowly cut Taiwan's formal diplomatic allies in the Pacific down to just three.
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