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Animation by Josh Sherrington
Sound by Graham Haerther
Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster

Select footage courtesy the AP Archive

References:
[1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/...
[2] https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publica...
[3] https://www.icdf.org.tw/ct.asp?xItem=...
[4] https://www.icdf.org.tw/ct.asp?xItem=...
[5] https://www.icdf.org.tw/fp.asp?fpage=...
[6] http://www.icdf.org.tw/ct.asp?xItem=4...
[7] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ta...
[8] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
[9] https://pacificaidmap.lowyinstitute.org
[10] https://www.smh.com.au/politics/feder...

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