Name: China Fights Taiwan in Fiji
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Welcome back to China  Uncensored. I'm Chris Chappell. 

 There was a major diplomatic incident  between China and Taiwan this month in Fiji.

What happened? Well, it's a bit  of a he said/she said situation.

According to Taiwan, two Chinese diplomats  

crashed a Taiwanese National  Day Party in Fiji on October 8.

I believe we have a picture of the  two Chinese diplomats in question.

Anyway, the party crashing  led to a fistfight in Fiji.

Newspapers love a good old-fashioned fracas.

Anyway, the fight was serious enough to land  

a Taiwanese official in the  hospital with a concussion.

So why did these Chinese diplomats crash  Taiwan's National Day party? Well Taiwanese  

officials say that the Chinese diplomats were  trying to photograph the people who were there. 

“Beijing has deployed such  tactics—turning up at events,  

taking photographs of people—in recent years to  intimidate its rivals and those who support them.”

When the Taiwanese staff tried to  stop them from taking photographs,  

Of course, Beijing totally denies this. 

"First of all, Taiwan has no so-called diplomats  in Fiji...The relevant report you mentioned is  

totally inconsistent with the facts. Taiwan  is like a thief crying 'stop thief'."

Yeah, there aren't any so-called  Taiwanese diplomats in Fiji,  

which means we couldn't have so-called punched  them in their so-called faces. In fact,  

those Taiwanese diplomats who don't  exist punched us in the face first!

Chinese authorities are saying that  the Taiwanese “acted provocatively  

against the Chinese Embassy staff...causing  injuries and damage to one Chinese diplomat.”

So how did those Chinese diplomats  get there in the first place?  

They totally didn't crash Taiwan's party. 

They were just “carrying out their official duties  in the public area outside the function venue.”

...official duties that may or may not  have included secretly photographing  

people going into the venue. And  trying to crash Taiwan's party.  

In any case, since Taiwan is part of China,  

that means this Taiwanese party  is actually a Chinese party,  

which means that the Chinese diplomats weren't  crashing, they were just going to their own party!

Everyone knows the best  party is a Communist Party. 

But the Chinese foreign ministry  wants the world to know that the real  

problem isn't the party crashing.  The real problem is the cake.

That's because “a false national flag  was openly displayed at the scene;  

the cake was also marked with a false national  flag,” according to spokesman Zhao Lijian.

I believe that Zhao is saying  that the cake is a lie.

In the end, police were called to the event, but  the Chinese officials claimed diplomatic immunity.

The actions of the Chinese diplomats in Fiji  are part of China's increasingly aggressive  

As well as the Chinese Communist  Party's increasing threats to Taiwan.

What happened in Fiji is also about China's  growing attempts to dominate the Pacific.

And I'll tell you how, after this short break.

Welcome back. China's fracas  over a Taiwanese cake in Fiji  

is just a small part of the Communist  Party's attempts to dominate the Pacific.

Fiji is located here, in the South Pacific,  a short flight away from Australia.

Fiji is an archipelago of more than 300 islands.  

It's most famous for its abundant  natural resources, like bottled water.

the Cannibal Isles. I imagine they changed  the name because it was hard to get tourists.

Welcome to the Cannibal Isles:  We're here to serve you. 

Anyway, Fiji was one of the first Pacific  

nations to recognize the People's  Republic of China back in 1975. 

But relations between Fiji and  the Chinese Communist Party  

really started warming up back in 2006,  

after the current prime minister of Fiji, Frank  Bainimarama, seized power in a military coup. 

China didn't criticize the coup. In fact,  they increased their aid to Fiji dramatically,  

from 1 million dollars to 161  million dollars within two years.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has personally  met with Bainimarama several times,  

including during a state visit to Fiji in 2014.

During that visit, they signed five agreements  as part of China's Pacific engagement strategy.

Fiji is also part of China's Belt and Road  Initiative. In just the last five years,  

China has invested more than a billion dollars  in Fiji, mostly for infrastructure projects.

Like these Fiji-China Friendship Bridges. Yeah,  they really cemented the bilateral friendship. 

Hey Xinhua, I'm the one who makes punny  jokes around here. Stay in your lane. 

Fiji also became the first Pacific  island nation to get a loan  

from China's infrastructure investment bank.

There have been some hiccups along the way. Like  a Chinese mega-resort that destroyed a local reef  

and then had its building rights revoked. 

But overall, the relationship between  Fiji and China has gotten even closer  

Chinese state-run media are talking about  speeding up construction projects in Fiji.

Fiji does not have official  diplomatic relations with Taiwan,  

but Taiwan does have a de facto embassy  in Fiji—the Taipei Trade Office.

And their National Day celebration, the one  that sparked the literal diplomatic fight,  

was attended by Fiji government ministers,  opposition leaders, and prominent businesspeople.

So it's easy to see why the Chinese  diplomats were so eager to figure out  

who was at the party. Eating  that delicious, delicious cake.

In fact, Taiwan's influence  is one of the big reasons  

that the Chinese Communist Party  is more interested in the Pacific. 

Welcome back. Taiwan is a  key reason why the Chinese  

Communist Party is interested in the Pacific. 

Although frankly we are running out of parts of  the globe where China does not have an interest.

But four of the 15 countries that officially  recognize Taiwan are in the Pacific: Nauru,  

Last year, the Chinese Communist Party  managed to get two Pacific countries to  

switch diplomatic relations from Taiwan to  China: The Solomon Islands and Kiribati.

Thanks to China's diplomatic application  of... lots and lots of money.

There's a lot more going on with China and  these Pacific nations than I can fit into this  

episode.  Let me know if I should  do another episode on this topic. 

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