Taiwan President Lai Ching-te puts on a cowboy hat given by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) during a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 27, 2024. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)For over three decades, the final communique from the Pacific Islands Forum’s (PIF) leader meeting has included a seemingly innocuous paragraph reaffirming a decision, originally made in 1992, to welcome Taiwan as a “development partner” in the region. It

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