Four Latin American nations, including Honduras, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and El Salvador, have recently cut ties with Taiwan in favor of Beijing, whose one-China process makes nations to choose between maintaining full diplomatic ties with China or Taiwan.
Xu emphasized Beijing’s involvement in establishing relationships with Paraguay from the halls of the modern Congress building in Asuncion, but claimed that the decision-making was ultimately up to officials there.
” It is either China or Taiwan”, he said. I suggest that Paraguay’s federal make a wise choice as soon as possible.
Addressing politicians, Xu dangled the possibility of increased trade with Beijing among” dozens of other advantages”. Some users of the Paraguayan Congress claim that the country stands to gain from a political turn in the long run in response to farmers ‘ struggles to import soybeans and meat to China.
According to statistics from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, China’s deal with South America has increased dramatically in recent years, reaching almost US$ 500 billion as of 2023.
On social media platform X, the Taiwanese Embassy in Paraguay criticized China on Wednesday, calling Xu an “infiltrator” who wants to “undermine the strong connection between Paraguay and Taiwan,” which dates again to 1957.