Honduras has formally cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan its ministry of foreign affairs announced Saturday.
— Honduras has formally cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, its ministry of foreign affairs announced Saturday.
China refuses to maintain diplomatic ties with any country that recognizes Taiwan and has spent much of the past 40 years attempting to isolate the self-ruled island by chipping away at its diplomatic allies with offers of economic support. Castro, a democratic socialist, won a landslide victory in 2021 after campaigning on a radical agenda to counter years of governance plagued by corruption and scandal. She promised to alleviate poverty and liberalize abortion laws.
Under leader Xi Jinping, China has ramped up military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan, including enticing Taipei's allies to switch their allegiance.Taiwan had 56 diplomatic allies when it lost recognition from the United Nations in 1971. That number had dwindled to just 22 when its current President Tsai Ing-wen took office in 2016 and has continued to fall in the years since.
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