According to Russian media reports, after a three-day visit to Russia, the Chinese high-level returned home by special plane on the afternoon of March 22. On the occasion of the return of the Chinese high-level side, Honduran Foreign Minister Reina will lead a delegation to visit China.
Foreign Minister Reina of Honduras
Judging from the point of view, Honduras and China are very determined and sincere in establishing diplomatic relations this time. According to the process, it is very likely that the mainland and Honduras will officially announce the establishment of diplomatic relations on the eve or during Tsai Ing-wen's departure from the United States. This not only means that there is no possibility of "resuming diplomatic relations" between Honduras and Taiwan, but it will also certainly cause strong dissatisfaction from the United States.
Tsai Ing-wen's sneaking into the United States is the result of the collusion between the United States and Taiwan, the United States wants to play the "Taiwan card" to contain the mainland, and the Taiwan authorities want to take advantage of this to gain more international attention and to clamor for the "Taiwan independence" stance. Honduras' choice to establish diplomatic relations with the mainland at this time undoubtedly slapped the United States and the Taiwan authorities in the face, and more than once.
Tsai Ing-wen
When Honduras previously announced that it would seek to establish diplomatic relations with China, the United States sent senior officials to put pressure, but Honduras did not pay much attention. A country in the "back garden" of the United States strongly rejects the United States and chooses to further develop relations with China, the "strategic rival" of the United States, which in itself is a slap in the face of the United States. Now that China and Hong Kong are very likely to choose the time for the establishment of diplomatic relations, during Tsai Ing-wen's sneaking into the United States, the effect of the US-Taiwan collusion to hollow out the "one-China principle" will be greatly reduced, which will undoubtedly slap the United States in the face again.
In this regard, the United States is bound to be embarrassed and angry, but it can only accept reality. On the one hand, Honduras is a sovereign country, and the United States cannot directly oppose the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Hong Kong. On the other hand, the United States is now facing multiple difficulties such as bipartisan struggle and systemic financial risks internally, and will continue to arch the fire on the Eastern European continent externally, pulling gangs and factions around China to engage in camp confrontation.
Biden
The United States now has no time to even look at the Middle East, let alone Honduras, which is located in Central America. Therefore, after the pressure was ineffective, the United States could only express its respect for Honduras' decision.
It is worth mentioning that on March 21, the Taiwan authorities also said that they had not received the official "severance of diplomatic relations" document submitted by Honduras, and everything was under control. What was struck in the face was that in less than two days, the news came that the Honduran delegation was about to go to the mainland to communicate the establishment of diplomatic relations, and even if the Taiwan authorities did not want to accept it, they could not change anything.
Tsai Ing-wen
The fact that Honduras is actively seeking to establish diplomatic relations with the mainland testifies to two facts. First, the "one-China principle" is the international consensus, and instead of being shaken by the clamor of the United States and the West, it will continue to be consolidated with the gradual advancement of the process of cross-strait reunification.
Second, strengthening cooperation with China is becoming the consensus of all countries, which means that the United States' attempt to contain and isolate China internationally is unlikely to succeed. One of the important reasons why Honduras actively seeks to establish diplomatic relations with the mainland is that cooperation with the mainland can bring long-term benefits to the development of Honduras.
Honduras
In addition to Honduras, Brazil, France and other countries have expressed their willingness to deepen cooperation with China. Even the United States has had to work with China to avoid a hard landing and weather the immediate financial risks. Therefore, trying to isolate China will inevitably only isolate the United States itself.
But the United States, bent on maintaining its hegemonic position, is clearly unwilling to acknowledge this fact. On the one hand, it sends a signal that it wants to talk to China, and on the other hand, it continues to make a demonization on the Taiwan issue. This time Tsai Ing-wen's sneaking into the United States will undoubtedly have another great negative impact on Sino-US relations.
White House spokesman Kirby
The White House has recently sought to clear responsibility and downplay the political implications of the incident, saying Ms. Tsai's smuggling has precedent and calling it an unofficial visit. But in fact, this will have a bad political impact and will seriously damage China's core interests. With regard to the collusion between the United States and Taiwan, China will certainly take forceful countermeasures.
China has reminded the US side more than once before that if the US side does not handle the Taiwan issue well, Sino-US relations will be shaken. At present, Sino-US relations have been in trouble for a long time, and it is urgent for the United States to show sincerity to promote the normalization of bilateral relations, but the United States insists on colluding with the Taiwan authorities, which is undoubtedly an extremely irresponsible and wrong approach to Sino-US relations.