{"id":1905086,"date":"2023-03-26T12:42:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T16:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/honduras-opens-ties-with-china-after-breaking-from-taiwan\/"},"modified":"2023-03-26T12:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T16:43:32","slug":"honduras-opens-ties-with-china-after-breaking-from-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/honduras-opens-ties-with-china-after-breaking-from-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Honduras opens ties with China after breaking from Taiwan"},"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\">18<\/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-opens-ties-with-china-after-breaking-from-taiwan%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=1905086&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_79603904\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"TikTok pays to fly out creators to Washington as CEO is grilled by Congress\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Amid TikTok CEO\u2019s testimony to House lawmakers, the company is doing everything it can to prevent the federal government from banning the app in the U.S., including paying to fly TikTok creators to Washington D.C., to protest on Capitol Hill. Today, TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, is testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to speak on issues including the TikTok app\u2019s promotion of potentially dangerous content to children and teens as well as personal data collection by TikTok\u2019s Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance.\"><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M50S\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-23 18:38:27\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1268271_th_641ca0591aff3_1679597657.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1268271.mp4\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_79603904\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1268271\"} }); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/honduras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Honduras<\/a><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">m<\/span>oved to open diplomatic ties with China Sunday after breaking away from <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/taiwan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taiwan<\/a>, leaving the island recognized by only 12 nations and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/vatican-confirms-first-case-of-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vatican City<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The official ties between Honduras and Taiwan that had existed since the 1940s came to an end when the country&#8217;s foreign ministry formally declared Taiwan to be an&#8221; of part of Chinese territory&#8221; in conjunction with its cooperative communique with China. China has achieved a prominent political victory with this action.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/taiwan-president-tsai-ingwen-visit-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beijing management warns China not to respond as the Taiwanese president pays us a visit.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to a version from the foreign ministry, Taiwan is an unalienable region of Chinese place, and as of today, the Honduran government has informed Taiwan of the termination of diplomatic ties and vowed never to engage in legal business with Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>During a trip to China, President Xiomara Castro hinted at the action by declaring that Honduras may travel to forge relationships with Beijing. Taiwan and China are at odds over whether the peninsula is governed by China or a sovereign nation-state. In order to maintain relations, China demands that other nations to to the&#8221; One China&#8221; plan.<\/p>\n<p>We regrettably announce that our political ties with Honduras are coming to an end. The Castro administration dismissed 82 years of friendship and participation that had actually benefited the people. Taiwan&#8217;s Foreign Ministry <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOFA_Taiwan\/status\/1639810172133740545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>,&#8221; Taiwan remains undaunted and continues to work as a drive for good in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a news conference, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu discussed Castro&#8217;s potential shift to China in 2021. According to Wu, Honduras pointed to the onslaught of help China offered as he asked Taiwan for billions of dollars in aid. This included pursuing$ 2.45 billion in debt repayment, bridge building, and hospital building.<\/p>\n<p>In order to maintain international ties, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen vowed that her government had refrain from&#8221; entering in a meaningless battle of buck diplomacy with China.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Ok.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>This year, Tsai will travel to the United States, Guatemala, and Belize. She is anticipated to meet with House Speaker <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a>( R &#8211; CA ) in Los Angeles and possibly other lawmakers while on her trip.<\/p>\n<p>Washington maintains informal ties with Taipei City even though the United States does not officially recognize Taiwan. U.S. officials have expressed concern that China will eventually try to retake Taiwan through force and have discussed the possibility of offering military assistance to stop for anger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honduras moved to open diplomatic ties with China Sunday after breaking away from Taiwan, leaving the island recognized by only 12 nations and Vatican City. Coinciding with its joint communique with China, Honduras&#8217;s foreign ministry affirmed publicly that Taiwan is an &#8220;inseparable part of Chinese territory,&#8221; ushering in an end to its formal relations with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1905087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3997,4501,21717,9105,3864],"class_list":["post-1905086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-breaking","tag-china","tag-honduras","tag-taiwan","tag-ties"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1905087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}