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Saipan

Context

Julian Assange pleaded guilty in a court in Saipan, the capital of the US territory, before flying home to Australia.

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  • Saipan is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean.
  • Like territories such as Guam or Puerto Rico, the Northern Marian Islands are part of the US without the full status of a state.
  • The US took control of Saipan during World War II.
  • It is only part of the US that Chinese citizens can enter without a visa.

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