Even if the Taiwan authorities issued a "plea" and the US Government sent a special envoy to visit, the matter of "Honduras severing diplomatic relations with Taiwan" was finally finalized. The concept of the one-China principle is the consensus of the overwhelming majority of countries in the world, Taiwan's "friends" continue to decline, and the United States' "use Taiwan to contain China" cannot be sustained.
According to Xinhua News Agency, on the 25th, Honduras officially "severed diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, and the Honduran side said that it only recognized one China and said that it would stop all exchanges with the Taiwan region.
According to surging news, on the second day of "severing diplomatic relations" with Taiwan, China and Honduras formally established diplomatic relations.
More than ten days ago, after the President of Honduras expressed his willingness to establish diplomatic relations with China, the establishment of diplomatic relations with Beijing and the "severance of diplomatic relations" with Taipei became a hot topic of discussion.
At that time, the Taiwan authorities were very anxious, and immediately summoned Honduras' "ambassador to Taiwan" in Taiwan and staged a pulling performance, hoping that Honduras would "turn back to the shore" and not fall into the mainland's "trap."
The United States also sent a special adviser for the Americas to Honduras for a lobbying visit, and the Taiwan authorities also pinned their hopes on the pressure given to Honduras by the US Government to make Honduras "change its mind." However, the actions of the US and Taiwan authorities did not prevent Honduras from establishing diplomatic relations with China after all.
This means that the so-called "money diplomacy" of the Taiwan authorities will not play much role, and the efforts made by the United States to "seek independence" will still be in vain after all.
And the "severance of diplomatic relations" between Honduras and Taiwan has long been traced. Because Honduras embraces Chinese mainland and abandons the Taiwan authorities, this is in line with the essence of Honduras' own development.
First of all, the DPP authorities have long colluded with the Honduran opposition National Party, and the chain of corruption between the two extends even to drug gangs in Honduras, which is not conducive to the development of Honduras at all.
Secondly, Honduras' industrial base is not very good, and it is facing a great financial crisis, coupled with the impact of some natural disasters, infrastructure construction is insufficient, power problems are very serious, and economic development is facing great resistance. However, once China and Hong Kong establish diplomatic relations, Honduras' advantageous products such as bananas and coffee will gain a larger trade market, and Honduras can also carry the express train of China's development and get more development dividends.
Like Panama, which established diplomatic relations with China in 2017, bilateral trade between the two countries reached more than $9 billion in 2020.
Finally, the current president of Honduras, Fidel Castro, who was previously persecuted by the US military in a military coup, gradually became distant after she came to power.
Therefore, the establishment of diplomatic relations between Honduras and China is the trend of the times. In addition, in recent years, the countries in the "backyard" of the United States have gradually become "pro-China and far away", which is also a general trend.
Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua and now Honduras, these Latin American countries have successively established diplomatic relations with China, which not only highlights the deepening of the "one-China principle" in the "backyard" of the United States, but also highlights the gradual failure of US hegemonism.
In this case, Taiwan's "friends" are likely to be fewer and fewer, especially as elections are held in Paraguay and Guatemala this year, and candidates in both countries have said that if they win, they will establish diplomatic relations with Beijing, China.
From this point of view, the number of "friends" of the Taiwan authorities is really precarious, and it may not be so easy for the United States to rely on this distorted diplomatic relationship to support the "Taiwan independence" forces, so as to achieve the goal of "containing China with Taiwan."