Palau's new president vows to stand up to 'bully' China
by Bernadette Carreon in Koror from World news | The Guardian on (#5CZ63)
Former senator Surangel Whipps Jr promises to stand by allies US and Taiwan when he takes office on Thursday
Palau's president-elect has vowed to stand up to Chinese bullying" in the Pacific, and said the small archipelago nation will stand by its alliances with true friends", the United States and Taiwan.
Fifty-two-year-old Surangel Whipps Jr, a supermarket owner and two-time senator from a prominent Palauan family, will be sworn in as the new president on 21 January, succeeding his brother-in-law Tommy Remengesau Jr.
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