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China's Pacific ambassador Qian Bo fronting the media in Tonga. Photo: Facebook / The Pacific Newsroom
The Pacific Islands Forum has submitted to China's demand to remove the mention of Taiwan from the final communique of the leaders' summit in Tonga last week.
Kiribati wants to see consequences for whoever is behind the bungle, after Beijing's special envoy to the region cried foul at the inclusion of Taipei in the outcomes document.
RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis covered the summit in Tonga and filed this report.