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Solomon Islands President Manasseh Sogavare (R) and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (L) inspect an honour guard during a welcome ceremony in Taipei on September 26, 2017.
Sogavare is leading a 15-member delegation to Taiwan for a six-day visit. / AFP PHOTO / SAM YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

Taiwan accuses China of trying to sway elections after losing yet another ally

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 01: BTS attend the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 01, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

K-Pop superstars BTS are back, a month after announcing their extended break

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / A wounded man is helped by volunteer medics after a street brawl in Fortress Hill in Hong Kong on September 15, 2019. Eyewitnesses said the man was a pro-Beijing supporter who attacked pro-democracy supporters, but then got beaten up by a larger crowd. - Hong Kong riot police fired tear gas and water cannon at hardcore pro-democracy protesters hurling rocks and petrol bombs on September 15, tipping the violence-plagued city back into chaos after a brief lull in clashes. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) / GRAPHIC CONTENT (Photo credit should read ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP/Getty Images)

Hong Kong protests are growing smaller but more violent and ugly

Protesters attend a pro-democracy march in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on September 15, 2019. - Millions of people have taken part in demonstrations over the last three months which have morphed into calls for democracy and complaints against the erosion of freedoms under Beijing's rule. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo credit should read PHILIP FONG/AFP/Getty Images)

Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon after protesters hurl petrol bombs

BEIJING - OCTOBER 01: A float takes part in a parade to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 2009 in Beijing, China. The grand celebrations to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China included a military parade and mass pageant consisting of about 200,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

The date which has both Hong Kong and Beijing on edge

Protesters sing songs and shout slogans after gathering at the IFC Mall on September 12, 2019 in Hong Kong.

Hong Kongers mark Mid Autumn Festival with protests and a new anthem

The withdrawn Maori cloak, known as a kakahu, is said to have belonged to warrior Chief Rewi Maniapoto.