Dziko laling'ono la pachilumba cha Pacific ku Nauru, lomwe lili ndi anthu ochepera 13,000, lasintha kuzindikirika kwawo mwaukazembe kuchokera ku Taipei kupita ku Beijing, kutsatira chisankho chaposachedwa cha Purezidenti watsopano ku Taiwan.
Taipei tsopano ili ndi ogwirizana 12 okha, pambuyo pa nkhope ya Nauru.
Atangolengeza za Nauru, boma la China lawonetsa kufunitsitsa kwake 'kuyambitsa mutu watsopano mu ubale wake' ndi chilumbachi.
Nauru poyamba adakhazikitsa ubale waukazembe ndi Taiwan mu 1980, koma adathetsa mgwirizano mu 2002 mokomera China. Komabe, mu 2005, chigamulocho chinasinthidwa. Malinga ndi chikalata cha boma chomwe chatulutsidwa Lolemba, kusintha kwatsopanoku kukuwoneka kuti ndikokomera dziko.
Cholinga cha kusinthaku sikukhudza ubale wabwino wa Nauru ndi mayiko ena, boma la zilumbazi lidalengeza. Nauru ikupitilizabe kulimbikitsa ulamuliro wake komanso kudziyimira pawokha ndipo ikufuna kulimbikitsa ubale wapadziko lonse lapansi.
Panthawi ya nkhondo yapachiweniweni ku China m'zaka za m'ma 1940, dziko la Taiwan linali malo opatulika a asilikali a dziko. Mothandizidwa ndi ogwirizana nawo, yakwanitsa kusunga ufulu wa de facto kwa zaka zambiri. Onse a Taipei ndi Beijing amadzinenera kuti ndi okhawo oimira anthu aku China.
Pamsonkano wamasiku ano atolankhani, mneneri wa Unduna wa Zakunja ku China a Mao Ning adati China yakonzeka kuyambitsa gawo latsopano muubwenzi wake ndi Nauru, potengera mfundo ya China imodzi. Mao Ning adatsimikiza kuti kusinthaku kumagwirizana ndi mbiri yakale yokhudza momwe dziko la Taiwan lilili.
Unduna wa Zachilendo ku Taiwan walengeza kuthetsedwa kwa ubale ndi Nauru, kuti 'ateteze ulamuliro wadziko ndi ulemu'. Zotsatira zake, ntchito zonse zogwirira ntchito zayimitsidwa, ndipo akazembe adayitanidwa kuchokera pachilumbachi. Kuphatikiza apo, Nauru iyenera kutseka kazembe wake ku Taipei, gawo lodzilamulira lidatero.
Malinga ndi boma la Taiwan, Purezidenti David Adeang waku Nauru, yemwe adakhala paudindo mu Okutobala chaka chatha, adapempha thandizo lazachuma kuchokera ku Taiwan ndipo adayerekeza thandizo la Taiwan ndi la China. Taipei adakhumudwa kwambiri, achisoni, komanso adadzudzula Nauru chifukwa cha zomwe adachita.
Atakhazikitsanso ubale ndi Taiwan mu 2005, Purezidenti wa nthawiyo a Ludwig Scotty adafotokoza kuti akuyembekeza kulandira thandizo lazachuma kuchokera ku Taipei. Nauru, yemwe kale anali wodziwika bwino wogulitsa ma guano ndi phosphates, adakumana ndi vuto lalikulu lazachuma chifukwa chakuchepa kwa nkhokwe zake. Chifukwa chake, kugulitsa maufulu a usodzi kunawoneka ngati njira yoyamba yopezera ndalama ku dziko.