{"id":1887262,"date":"2023-03-15T00:42:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T04:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/honduras-switches-diplomatic-ties-from-taiwan-to-china\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T00:43:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T04:43:55","slug":"honduras-switches-diplomatic-ties-from-taiwan-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/honduras-switches-diplomatic-ties-from-taiwan-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Honduras switches diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhonduras-switches-diplomatic-ties-from-taiwan-to-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1887262&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78830170\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Russian aircraft collides with unmanned US drone over the Black Sea\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"A Russian aircraft collided with an unmanned U.S. system over the Black Sea on Tuesday. 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Castro announced on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, that Honduras under her administration is opening diplomatic relations with the People\u00b4s Republic of China. (AP Photo\/Fernando Vergara, File)                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 Fernando Vergara\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While not specifically mentioned in the tweets, the precondition for opening relations with China is to cut all ties between Taiwan and China. Taiwan is a country that China and most of the world considers part of the People&#8217;s Republic of China. <\/p>\n<p>The latest move of a is the switching of ties between Taiwan and China. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/latin-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latin American<\/a> Nation, a region that has experienced increased Chinese influence over the past few years. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"> This photo was released by Taiwan Presidential Office. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and Taiwanese President TsaiIng-wen take photos together with other officials in Taipei on Saturday, November 13, 2021. Hernandez made a surprise trip to Taiwan for three days. China claims Taiwan and is worried that Hernandez&#8217;s successor to the Central American nation will cut off diplomatic ties with Beijing. These fears proved to be correct when President Xiomara Cruz ended relations with the island nation on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Taiwan is now only able to maintain diplomatic ties with 13 other countries after Honduras has been removed from the picture. Guatemala and Guatemala are the two Latin American countries that have these diplomatic ties. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/paraguay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paraguay<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Castro&#8217;s plan to split with Taiwan was long suspected. It was largely based on the 2017 policy of her running mate. However, Castro surprised Taiwan supporters by declaring her intention to keep relations with Taiwan at her January 2022 inauguration. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2022\/01\/did-honduras-new-president-change-her-mind-about-dropping-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to<\/a> The <i>Diplomat<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>It is not clear at this point what caused her government to change its mind. According to Taiwan&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was &#8220;in the process of understanding&#8221; The decision was taken <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cna.com.tw\/news\/aipl\/202303155002.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to<\/a> Taiwan&#8217;s Central News Agency. <\/p>\n<p>Hunduras ends their relationship with Taiwan after a breakup <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/politics\/202303150002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Established<\/a> Both of them in 1941, when most of China&#8217;s mainland was under the control of the Republic of China.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/honduras-diplomatic-taiwan-china\">Honduras moves diplomatic ties from Taiwan towards China<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honduras is set to switch diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China in the latest Latin American country to flip in Beijing&#8217;s favor. 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