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November 19, 2009

Nauru

Why Beijing Cares About Tiny Nauru

Rarely is St Kitts and Nevis (pop: 39,382), not to mention St Vincent and the Grenadines (pop: 125,882), at the centre of a titanic diplomatic struggle. But no nation is too tiny for China and Taiwan to squabble over. Lindsey Hilsum explains why. From New Statesman

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