Tuvalu is in the process of selecting its next prime minister following an election last week, and the country's diplomatic ties with Taiwan hang in the balance with one leading candidate understood to favor pursuing ties with China. But Taiwan's relations with its last remaining diplomatic ally in Africa, Eswatini, look more secure as the two countries reaffirmed their ties at a ceremony in Taipei on Friday. And the Kuomintang's Han Kuo-yu, a former presidential candidate and mayor of Kaohsiung, has been elected as the next speaker of Taiwan's legislature. Also:
- The ruling Democratic Progressive Party has expelled 50 members for violations of party rules.
- Farmers in eastern Taiwan have won international recognition for increasing the carbon-absorption properties of their soil.
- More and more people in Taiwan see raising pets as preferable to starting a family.
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