On March 25, Honduras announced the severance of so-called "diplomatic relations" with Taiwan. Since the official founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949, some countries in the world have announced that they have severed so-called diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
1949:
The Soviet Union severed diplomatic relations, Czechoslovakia broke off diplomatic relations, Poland broke off diplomatic relations, Burma broke diplomatic relations, and India broke diplomatic relations.
1950:
Pakistan severed diplomatic relations, Britain severed diplomatic relations, Ceylon terminated consular relations, Afghanistan severed diplomatic relations, Norway severed diplomatic relations, Denmark severed diplomatic relations, Sweden severed diplomatic relations, Switzerland severed diplomatic relations, and the Netherlands severed diplomatic relations.
1956: Egypt severes diplomatic relations.
1958:
Iraq severed diplomatic relations and the Consulate General in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, ceased operations.
1960: Cuba severes diplomatic relations, Mali severes diplomatic relations.
1962: Laos severed diplomatic relations.
1964:
France severed diplomatic relations, Congo (Brazzaville) broke off diplomatic relations, Central Africa severed diplomatic relations for the first time, Senegal severed diplomatic relations for the first time, and Benin severed diplomatic relations for the first time.
1965: Mauritania severes diplomatic relations.
1970:
Canada severed diplomatic relations, Italy severed diplomatic relations.
1971:
Chile severed diplomatic relations, Kuwait severed diplomatic relations, Cameroon severed diplomatic relations, Austria severed diplomatic relations, Turkey severed diplomatic relations, Iran severed diplomatic relations, Sierra Leone severed diplomatic relations, Belgium severed diplomatic relations, Peru severed diplomatic relations, Lebanon severed diplomatic relations, Mexico severed diplomatic relations, Ecuador severed diplomatic relations.
1972: Cyprus severed diplomatic relations, Malta severed diplomatic relations, Argentina severed diplomatic relations, Senegal severed diplomatic relations for the second time, Maldives severed diplomatic relations, Rwanda severed diplomatic relations, Greece severed diplomatic relations, Japan severed diplomatic relations, Togo severed diplomatic relations, Jamaica severed diplomatic relations, Luxembourg severed diplomatic relations, Madagascar severed diplomatic relations, Australia severed diplomatic relations, New Zealand severed diplomatic relations, and Chad severed diplomatic relations for the first time.
1973:
Benin severed diplomatic relations for the second time, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Spain severed diplomatic relations, and Burkina Faso severed diplomatic relations for the first time.
1974:
Gabon severed diplomatic relations, Botswana severed diplomatic relations, Malaysia terminated consular relations, Venezuela severed diplomatic relations, Niger severed diplomatic relations for the first time, Brazil severed diplomatic relations for the first time, and The Gambia severed diplomatic relations for the first time.
1975: Portugal severed diplomatic relations, Vietnam severed diplomatic relations, the Philippines severed diplomatic relations, Thailand severed diplomatic relations, and Samoa broke diplomatic relations.
1976: Second severance of diplomatic relations between China and Africa.
1977:
Barbados severed diplomatic relations, Liberia severed diplomatic relations for the first time, and Jordan severed diplomatic relations.
1978: Libya severes diplomatic relations.
1979: The United States severes diplomatic relations.
1980: Colombia severes diplomatic relations
1983:
Côte d'Ivoire severed diplomatic relations, and Lesotho severed diplomatic relations for the first time.
1985:
Bolivia severed diplomatic relations, Nicaragua severed diplomatic relations for the first time.
1988: Uruguay severes diplomatic relations.
1990: Saudi Arabia severes diplomatic relations.
1992: South Korea severed diplomatic relations.
1994:
Lesotho severed diplomatic relations for the second time and Latvia terminated consular relations.
1995: Niger severed diplomatic relations for the second time.
In 1997:
The Bahamas severed diplomatic relations, the first time Saint Lucia severed diplomatic relations.
In 1998:
South Africa severed diplomatic relations, Central Africa severed diplomatic relations for the third time, Guinea-Bissau severed diplomatic relations, and Tonga severed diplomatic relations.
1999: Papua New Guinea severed diplomatic relations.
2001: Macedonia severed diplomatic relations.
2002: Nauru severed diplomatic relations for the first time.
2003: Liberia severed diplomatic relations for the second time.
In 2004:
Dominica severed diplomatic relations, Vanuatu severed diplomatic relations.
2005: Severance of diplomatic relations between Grenada: Senegal severed diplomatic relations for the third time.
2006: Chad severed diplomatic relations for the second time.
2007: Costa Rica severed diplomatic relations.
2008: Malawi severed diplomatic relations.
2013: The Gambia severed diplomatic relations for the second time.
2016: Sao Tome and Principe severed diplomatic relations.
2017: Panama severes diplomatic relations.
In 2018:
Dominica severed diplomatic relations, Burkina Faso severed diplomatic relations for the second time, and El Salvador severed diplomatic relations.
In 2019:
Solomon Islands broke off diplomatic relations, Kiribati broke off diplomatic relations.
2021: Nicaragua severed diplomatic relations.
2023: Breakout of diplomatic relations between Honduras.
So far, the following 13 countries remain with Taiwan that maintain so-called "diplomatic relations": Nauru, Palau, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Belize, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Guatemala, Haiti, Paraguay, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Eswatini and the Vatican.
