The president of Palau says China may try meddle in the Pacific island nation's upcoming national elections.
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00:00 Palau's president says he expects China to interfere in the country's upcoming elections
00:05 over its recognition of Taiwan.
00:07 Well, I think in every election, the Chinese are always involved.
00:12 One of the things that we know is that it's the president who ultimately decides who you
00:18 have diplomatic relations with.
00:21 And so obviously they know where my stance is.
00:24 So I guess I would be the enemy, right?
00:29 And so you would probably want to remove me and put somebody else in that would be more
00:33 friendly.
00:34 Palau has blamed China for a recent cyber attack in which thousands of confidential
00:39 documents were stolen.
00:41 According to the New York Times, many of those contain details of Palau's relationship with
00:45 Taiwan.
00:46 Palau is one of only 12 countries with official diplomatic ties with Taipei.
00:50 China has denied it was behind the hack.
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