After WWII, Taiwan was returned to Chinese rule, while Palau became a UN trust territory under US authority. (Palau did not gain full independence until 1994.) Palau-Taiwan political contacts began in the 1980s.
二次大戰日本結束統治後，台灣回歸中國，帛琉則成為美國的託管地，並於一九八○年代開始與我國有了政治上的接觸。