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In the annals of Australian foreign policy, it is arguable that no moment in history has been as significant as December 21 1972.
On the eve of the Lunar New Year on Jan. 31, the Vatican announced that the pope had appointed Archbishop-elect Arnaldo Catalan — the charge d’affaires at the Holy See’s Embassy to the Republic of China in Taipei — to be its new ambassador, or apostolic nuncio, to Rwanda effective this month. Taiwan once again faces a situation in which the Holy See has no ambassador or charge d’affaires stationed in Taipei. Meanwhile, Taiwan’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Matthew Lee (李世明), received a three-year extension of his posting, which expired in November last year. A Taiwanese diplom...
Under Trump, there was new focus on – and concern about – Beijing’s attempts to take advantage of differences between local, state, and federal governments.