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who guides us on Oceania has for many years, educated me about this vast canvas.

You see blue, I see island states, and there are three in particular that Cleo has helped us

report on these last months. It begins with the Marshall Islands, moves

to the free associated states of Micronesia, and then on to Palau, and the next stop is

either the Philippines or Japan.

However, the boat from Congress is not the last story.

Cleo, you tell me there is a story in the Marshall Islands,

there's a story in Micronesia, and there's a story in Palau.

Who is in China right now?

Which of the three?

Right, so of these three countries, Palau and the Federal and RMI, Marshall Islands, recognize Taiwan.

The big one in the middle, Micronesia recognizes China, and the president of, relatively

new president of the Federalist States of Micronesia has just returned

within the last day or two from a major trip to China where what I'm hearing is that they've signed multiple MOUs including in fisheries and

agriculture and and there are substantial offers of in the tens of millions from the Chinese to put in infrastructure in the

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