國際發展援助具有多種功能。它可以幫助受援國提升能力、獲取資源並改善公民的生活品質。然而, 大多數發展援助是政治化的，捐助者利用援助來獲得受援國的各種支持。太平洋小島嶼發展中國家 對國際外交至關重要，這些國家的重要性日益凸顯。本研究運用新自由主義制度主義理論來理解援助結構。混合研究 法的 比較分析旨在解答以下問題：自2019年以來，台灣和中華人民共和國分別向馬紹爾群島和吉里巴斯提供的援助是否有效幫助這些國家實現了永續發展目標？研究最終發現，台灣和中國對太平洋盟友的援助確實有助於實現關鍵的國家發展目標，而提供技術能力援助的重要援助計畫加強了兩國人民之間的聯繫。整體而言，穩定的援助方式有助於建立最強勁 的雙邊關係。

International development assistance serves many functions. It can help recipients build capacity, access resources, and improve citizens’ quality of life. But most development assistance is political, with donors using it to garner various types of support from beneficiaries. Small Island Developing States in the Pacific are key battlegrounds in Taiwan and China’s struggle for international recognition and have become increasingly relevant as a handful have switched allegiances in the past several years. This study uses neoliberal institutionalism to understand aid structures. A mixed-methods comparative analysis aims to address the question: Is aid since 2019 from Taiwan and the PRC to the Marshall Islands and Kiribati respectively effective in addressing these states’ goals for sustainable development? It ultimately finds that both Taiwanese and Chinese aid to their Pacific allies do address key national development goals, and prominent missions providing technical capacity assistance strengthen people-to-people connections between countries. Overall, a steady approach to aid leads to the strongest bilateral relationships.

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China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, April 20). On April 20, the third batch of Chinese medical team entered the "Elderly People's Association"... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, April 26). On April 26, the Chinese medical team was invited to conduct free clinics for Kiribati MPs and staff... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, April 6). On April 6, 2024, the Chinese medical team are invited to participate in the World Health Day Walkathon and sport competition in Kiribati... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, August 24). Dr. Zhao Yuying from the Chinese medical team shared the clinical application of enhanced CT with colleagues at the Central Hospital and received a warm welcome from everyone... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, December 17). Kam na bane ni mauri! We are the 4th batch of Chinese Medical Team to Kiribati who arrived in Tarawa two week ago.It's an honor to be here in the beautiful island nation of Kiribati... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, February 12). The Chinese medical team conducts free science popularization activities in the local area to "Celebrate the New Year and Sending Health"... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, February 15). Deliver warmth to your doorstep and keep your health at a distance... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, February 17). Free clinic for KPS officers and their families... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, February 7). The ceremony for China's donation of medicines and equipment to Kiribati... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, January 1). Welcoming the New Year, Sending Health, Chinese Aid to Kiribati Medical Team Providing Free Clinic for Chinese Overseas... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, January 19). Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training enters the police station, and medical and police work... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, January 27). "Welcome the Spring Festival and send health", the Chinese medical team in Kiribati to conduct free medical clinics at sea ... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, July 20). On July 18th 2024, the Chinese medical team assisting Kiribati donated gastrointestinal ultrasound contrast agents worth $10000 to the Ultrasound Department of the Central Hospital... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, July 8). Dr. Sun Hui from the Chinese medical team taught local doctors ultrasound examination techniques... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, July 8). Dr. Zhao Yuying from the Chinese medical team explained CT knowledge to local doctors... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, June 2). Dr. Zhao Yuying from the Chinese medical team conducts a physical examination on the children at St Clause preschool... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, June 2). Dr. Zhen Changqing from the Chinese medical team applies eye drops to children at St Clause preschool to treat their eye diseases... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, June 2). The Chinese medical team presented vitamins, calcium tablets and colored pencils to the children of St Clause preschool... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, June 20). The Chinese medical team conducted ultrasound examinations for primary school students... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, March 14). The clinical skills (anaesthesia) workshop of the Chinese medical team is favored by doctors from island countries... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, March 15). The Chinese Medical Team’s Friendly Exchange Symposium and the First Stop for Medical Science Popularization Visited Kiribati School of Nursing... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, March 23). The medical team aiding Kiribati conducts free clinics with the theme of "Paying Attention to the Heart and Popularizing Science on Resuscitation"... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, March 27). On the afternoon of March 27, the Chinese medical team was invited to conduct a free clinic on the theme of "Focus on the Liver, Healthy Life"... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, March 4). On the morning of March 2, 2024, the Chinese Embassy in Kiribati held a Chinese Culture Day event at Bairiki Square in Tarawa... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, March 8). The third batch of medical teams from China (Shandong) successfully held a campus screening event... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, May 10). KFL company manager Li Changhong donated an oxygen concentrator... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, May 11). On May 11, 2024, the Chinese medical team went to Ambo Tebikeue Village in Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati, to conduct free clinics... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, May 17). With the help of the Ocean Family transport ship, the Chinese medical team traveled more than 10,000 miles across the ocean and brought valuable medicine to the Kiribati boy with a blood disease. ... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, May 30). Dr. Zhao Shanshan from the Chinese medical team provides health knowledge education to students at William Goward Memorial college... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, May 31). Chinese medical team donates vitamins to students of William Goward Memorial college... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, May 31). Dr. Zhao Yuying from the Chinese medical team measures the height of students from William Goward Memorial college... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, May 9). Recently, the Chinese medical team successfully held a Chinese Traditional Medicine Culture Corner at Tungaru Central Hospital... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, November 30). Dr. Sun Hui from the Chinese medical team conducted ultrasound examinations for over 450 local friends on Abemama Island in Kiribati for 7 Days, and was warmly welcomed by the local people... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, October 11). Doctor Zhen Changqing from the Chinese medical team teaches Traditional Chinese medicine in the hospital... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, October 4). A high-pressure injector for enhanced CT donated by China was recently put into use at Tungaru Central Hospital in Kiribati with the help of the third Chinese medical team in Kiribati... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2024, September 22). Dr. Sun Hui from the Chinese medical team shared gastrointestinal contrast ultrasound examination techniques with local doctors at Tungrul Central Hospital and had friendly exchanges with local colleagues... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, April 19). Tarawa's 9th free clinic of the 4th batch of Chinese（Shandong Province）Medical Team provided blood pressure,blood sugar tests, physical examinations and... consultations... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, April 3). Butaritari medical outreach-6th day in Onomaru/Ukiangang meang... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, April 7). "The World Health Day celebrations in Butaritari ... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, August 8). Doctor Mu performing gastroscopy operations and conducts regular gastroscopy examinations and treatments every Friday... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303&__cft__[0]=AZZlKyjl7I-55LIlcP0CjBJZ6CVaYHMI2q2Q4J4BLZp9USW3XYXIhXkzDBHSdQ1-5TyBs12VOhFSWkFmeW3y4bAktyJERcl26fLMxOKYmz88r-WES-XQBiXQXPHnfAhF_BRUHm5R68IA0aMTa8fCD9Cw3s5M8XArFz879Mcgsbz7eHGaOBZp2E5ItHBhKgJkJ84&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, December 17). Heartwarming scene from the 2025 CRFG CUP Marathon on Butaritari Island... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, December 5). Beautiful Kiribati, passionate Tarawa, dear friends of Kiribati: Today, we are about to embark on our journey back to China... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, February 15). On the morning,15th of February , the 4th batch of Chinese (Shandong) Medical Team in Kiribati entered Temaiku for the second time to give another free clinic. The total number was 24, including patients with diabetes, hypertension... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, February 2). It was the first time we provided free clinic to local residents in Mwaneaba. It was a good start... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, February 22). On the morning of February 22, the 4th batch of China (Shandong) medical team in Kiribati provided the Kiribati Police Servive (KPS) with a free clinic service and first-aid training for local policemen and their families... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, February 8). Today the 4th batch of Chinese Medical team in Kiribati (Shandong) entered Temaiku, the village where our apartment is located, to give free medical clinic to their neighbors... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, July 13). Our Five Members’ First Outer Island Free Clinic in Butaritari... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303&__cft__[0]=AZbyPVWhCLPgzHySgEA3dm0yVL_UlYv_kEJORhxtpuEwchMDnAqx64i0HsJ7DKhPcn2W7Lbpd-7w_Pz5UgD8kMqdpoQsu41w3NHz2DAHnm0akWgGmSlNuDKFD3ALSa4V3hJlMr5OGQ07NjCETXVJ01vtMzYXjxLzzn3ScLVCy3RCi5ixy6IwAkC24Pd5056-FYo&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, June 28). This Saturday morning in Rikiraken Te Reita Nnano... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303&__cft__[0]=AZYJSf_Sq2qrQvr6GM5IS4cLjXAqn6TsJqjmCRmCE5x8-2NItyb-xKBqq7CvGB3nsVvQy5N_IVk9_XTSUUtluqU1diwuvp0-2q8NErkB-RDXP0wS2On5rCleJsWuVh7TnwCmXQm1mAFJRW8csRbL9W2-&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, June 7). On the 4th day at Itoin Mainiku High School on Christmas Island, popular science on rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, hand hygiene, basic information records, echocardiography were conducted... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, March 8). On 8th of March，China Medical Team supported free clinic in Temaiku community for the third time... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, May 3). Labor Day in Ambo Village... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, November 7). On November 6th, the Chinese medical team visited Butaritari again to conduct health examinations for athletes who were about to participate in the marathon... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, September 12). Dr Qin did the presentation“Anesthesia for non-cardiac surgery in patients with coronary artery disease” this morning in TCH... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303&__cft__[0]=AZYAPlAYvFPrsfWvBjaxVgyWTVEX9YBtsvEw7IWV1E7-cmGq0AJv37mzhZsc0WUseOYqc8JT0i7lW9O9FinFRTuGPRcPBov4EJox79YLZUE7zTx4l-0fg1IJuO75DaiFOXRCMbg6x3IqHLFiXPAtOr5-hmfqFQFWzmDymzIpRLsaJdYv9aNNj7UeE-MH1rLlwtU&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2025, September 21). Today, we four members went to a tuna purse seine vessel in the sea to provide services... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303&__cft__[0]=AZaDyqS5_c5-rWHVnv-CFsI60byzLWp8js9T9EWcNZnb7Qi4DmnlNoM8FzL7Iw7N2QiZgyrSsJBG8W1t1W9IKyoh4vii3dRYx0DimTKPxxogTxCLYuzolg_eZ14LhZq6Ool7Zd3scx4SUPPJhRUwFc_gv23ujARDGySDRQxUMuVm0VhxykeDrIFFUMrb-HVDtR8&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2026, April 3). Sharing Skills, Strengthening Care Dr. Yue Liu , an anesthesiologist from the 5th China Medical Team in Kiribati, recently provided hands-on guidance to Anesthesiology resident at Tungaru Central Hospital on performing ultrasound-guided nerve blocks. ... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2026, February 1). Dr. Tang Xiaojie, leader of the 5th Chinese Medical Team to Kiribati, delivered an engaging and hands-on training session on the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation at Tungaru Central Hospital, Tarawa for all department heads... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2026, February 11). The 5th China Medical Team in Kiribati held a free clinic at KGV & EBS High School, providing medical consultations for students ... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2026, February 24). Dr. Yiquan Shi from the 5th China Medical Team in Kiribati attended the 2026 Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) Policy Review and Provisional Planning Discussion Meeting in Kiribati... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2026, February 27). During the Chinese Spring Festival, the footsteps of the 5th China Medical Team in Kiribati never slowed down... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2026, February 28). The sonographer Dr. 蘇冰 Su Bing (Dr. Bean) from the 5th China Medical Team in Kiribati joined the internal medicine team of Tungaru Central Hospital to conduct a 5-day Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) screening program... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2026, January 7). Kam na bane ni mauri!...The 5th Batch of the Chinese Medical Team in Kiribati has officially started a one-year mission at Tungaru Central Hospital (TCH)... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile/100084828431303/search/?q=fifth%20medical
China Medical Team in Kiribati. (2026, March 27). The China medical Team in Kiribati medical team has always been in action... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
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Chinese Agriculture and Aquaculture Expert Group. (2024, August 13). CAAEG's experts came to a community in Ambo and delivered vegetables plantation technology service... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088016110220&__cft__[0]=AZbHuvZ3DyTfbzOWvrTqbN4edzB_1h7334WjNKQxy95o3bc_eYiVzymWQLP6I5vL_fAWo8JG7MfCX_Fs4x_HzZTujc3R8nEbCbs9wOsJTQsASShttIs6zRzosgnxc7Xdy-6RMk5Sl9uIXgnrsC4w2ItzmkmIKYcRqzirn1FkSDZp2dX7gUvF2QoSROz23sYDGgXfyi5_qZNpcO3MI2Mkdjjp&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R
Chinese Agriculture and Aquaculture Expert Group. (2024, August 20). CAAEG carried out technical demonstration, training and promotion on vegetables plantation and poultry&livestock breeding. ... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088016110220&__cft__[0]=AZZNj5mhm8RzX52KPXVCkIoZP0OpkBdjVpBFI2Bd0z2ZuanNs2KC1q0yp6B7At5IyngXlNhvLHEqFpPLbgJuKAjZtmLc5YmCe8P5DoWkwXAJ_UHjUXu8h4Q8GGsLtcldQSYnH_PnkYsmtAxOOtBRDW8ftgCS0MwbPlMoIVhUEaFurKyM_qJpDa4z_wqGYLOlbHhJdV9pZ09kLlYjdzRVp9GO&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R
Chinese Agriculture and Aquaculture Expert Group. (2024, July 6). 5th July 2024, the teachers and students of Tabontemwaneaba Primary school came to Temaiku farm and paid a visit. ... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088016110220&__cft__[0]=AZb9OtTms5lKUaQSBHyMQEPA1JKcsCZjaRvMksRmf5kZDN3FCgWLuEEAh6xTPPBQ2jPUSVVtlsXTrdecXu2iuogZEYC6LsE0tzKHijRZYoLEWJorrgGzd2rPrRqSZ2r32xRHtMgc2VXwtoQ7Lc6405HViaerMiD7EvkZEoPFmwyjYqb7bAoudR-EjXHbHqsG2gQ4wwH-U_CBFVe3I-M3-x3u&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R
Chinese Agriculture and Aquaculture Expert Group. (2024, May 29). Led by FA of Beru, CAAEG's leader Mr. Niu, aquatic expert Mr. Lao and the manager of Ambo fishery farm Mr. Bobai visited the fish ponds in Beru and provided technical instructions... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088016110220&__cft__[0]=AZbI82HUZ_-NknIxR_1Ydguj9L25nYr-AebFdqNl77A5TIA4j_WoDTULVo3crL-aOG99WCqWPnv6NQUEXVUGI6VFB0SbwwiYkT3SetBrg6y5Y4y9edkckUuvY0T33xXfINxIemv8rMutVDcebIPnGdp4kh_SbfEEXyqXK_YRggDWUxaJ91mI18r6vwoa3oOsRgbD-hWNv0ofNIs3KCoc2N9-&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R
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Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Kiribati. (2025, October 16). We are honored to support Ribanataake Tiwau, Honorable Minister of MFOR and Member of Parliament Tauanei Marea in assisting the Nikunau Island Council… [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/your.ChineseEmbassyinKiribati
Embassy of The People’s Republic of China in Kiribati. (2026, May 18). On May 15th, invited by honorable MP Tonganibeia B. Koakoa, the chef of our embassy went to Bouta to host a Chinese cooking workshop. [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile/100069272887354/search/?q=chef
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Embassy of the PRC in Kiribati. (2025, June 21). Chinese Embassy Donates Pickup Truck to Kiribati Charity Foundation ... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
Embassy of the PRC in Kiribati. (2025, May 30). On May 29th, the MFOR held the opening ceremony of KIFL Aquaculture Floating platform at the Tarawa Lagoon. H.E. Ambassador Zhou Limin attended the ceremony and cut the ribbon with HM Ribanataake Tiwau... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
Embassy of the PRC in Kiribati. (2025, November 16). Our Embassy feels greatly honored to have been invited to attend the Health Sector Coordination Committee (HSCC) meeting on Tab-South Island... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/your.ChineseEmbassyinKiribati?__cft__[0]=AZb2x94fz6IrfI1loaMXc46rfhR53HcY0BWPs9XbEyFVraws9nUjUrpaL960I3uVAsM9zdPx0x_e7oLyonSh2GGGnH4owH93pNIPtT9cG8YOcwB8zFQzZvWsfCUW1wDYxrHKmwNkX646yeXoBbRClFZiZ0F2UkEStm-Hg2FO5bsiWcGwjybtp8vL28NdPn1yogUFzPHkmtrBAF42mzkMpydo&__tn__=-]C%2CP-y-R
Embassy of the PRC in Kiribati. (2025, November 18). We feel truly honored to support #SDF projects from the Abemama Island, with endorsement of Honorable Minister Tokaibure Rabaua. ... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
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Embassy of the PRC in Kiribati. (2025, October 16). We are honored to support Ribanataake Tiwau, Honorable Minister of MFOR and Member of Parliament Tauanei Marea in assisting the Nikunau Island Council with constructing toilets, purchasing a fishing boat for the KPC Church, restoring the Maneaba for the Kariraia group, and acquiring children's supplies for the Pre-school... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
Embassy of the PRC in Kiribati. (2025, October 29). Today, we handed over the assistance for some SDF projects to Honorable Minister of Justice... [Facebook Post]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084828431303
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