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Select footage courtesy the AP Archive

References:
[1] https://data.worldbank.org/ind....icator/NY.GDP.PCAP.C
[2] https://www.lowyinstitute.org/....publications/stronge
[3] https://www.icdf.org.tw/ct.asp?xItem=5276&CtNode=29823&mp=2
[4] https://www.icdf.org.tw/ct.asp?xItem=12487&CtNode=29823&mp=2
[5] https://www.icdf.org.tw/fp.asp?fpage=cp&xItem=30438&ctNode=29877&mp=2
[6] http://www.icdf.org.tw/ct.asp?xItem=4395&ctNode=29824&mp=2
[7] https://www.reuters.com/articl....e/us-taiwan-diplomac
[8] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p....mc/articles/PMC71025
[9] https://pacificaidmap.lowyinstitute.org
[10] https://www.smh.com.au/politic....s/federal/the-great-

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