#危地马拉将派官员来华? The Foreign Ministry responded #
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After the Central American country of Honduras decided to establish diplomatic relations with China, the wind seemed to suddenly change, and the Taiwan authorities instantly fell into an "isolated" situation, after the presidential candidate of the South American country Paraguay made overtures to China, suggesting that he would also establish diplomatic relations with China after winning the election, and another Central American country, Guatemala, also had the latest development.
Recently, foreign media have continuously reported that Guatemala will send a high-level diplomat to China, which means something self-evident, and China has also responded to this.
(China's response is very uplifting)
According to the Global Times, at a regular press conference on the 31st, spokesman Mao Ning said that the current one-China principle is the general international righteousness, the will of the people, and the trend of the times, and no force can stop it.
The Chinese side has made it clear, but some people on the island still can't see the direction, and after Honduras decided to establish diplomatic relations with China, the number of obsessed friends was only 13. Once Paraguay in South America and Guatemala in Central America abandon the covert and turn to the light, the Taiwan authorities will only have a few island countries "friends" left in Latin America.
(Honduran leaders are very discerning)
In fact, this region used to be an important town for exchanges between the Taiwan authorities, and at its peak, seven of the Central American countries were friends, but with the passage of time, most countries have recognized the reality and do not want to be deceived by the Taiwan authorities anymore.
Although these countries are not large in size and their political influence is not good, they are very important to the Taiwan authorities, and it is tantamount to shielding the Taiwan authorities that can allow the politicians on the island to "justifiably" transit through the United States and carry out their own activities when they come to these countries.
And in order to keep this friend, Tsai Ing-wen did not hesitate to go to "visit", but how much of a role can this play? I am afraid that it is even more useless than expected, because the "gold dollar diplomacy" that the DPP authorities have long relied on is no longer effective.
(Paraguay may be the next "friend" to defect)
Such relations cannot be maintained by money alone, and in fact, the current relations between the Taiwan authorities and friendly countries are showing signs of instability, after all, no one will let a big country with a bright future establish relations with a declining provincial region. The general trend of history is visible to all, and it is a loss to take the Taiwan authorities' pitiful benefit fee and lose the opportunity to follow China's development dividend.
And in order to deal with the "betrayal" of friendly countries, the Taiwan authorities can be said to have made no less efforts. In order to prevent Honduras from establishing diplomatic relations with China, the Taiwan authorities did not hesitate to buy the country's public opinion, and in a year, published nearly 100 news articles opposing the government's abandonment of "friendly status", but the result was a slap in the face. The local media overwhelmingly supported the establishment of diplomatic relations with China, and these nearly 100 articles were instantly drowned out in the enthusiastic cheers of the local people.
(Guatemala is Central America's last remaining friend.)
Moreover, many American politicians have personally shouted for the Honduran government to maintain relations, and even American politicians have pulled the authorities to carry out a trilateral plan to assist Honduras, but even this cannot change the general trend. What is even more outrageous is that politicians on the island want to dig the foot of China's wall in order to win back a city.
A few days ago, in order to turn the African country Ghana into a friendly country, politicians on the island were defrauded of hundreds of millions of NT$100 million by brokers, and now they can only break their teeth and swallow them.
(Tsai's manipulation will not have any effect)
In any case, no matter how angry and unwilling the Tsai authorities are to admit reality, the wind has changed. At present, more and more former friendly countries choose to get closer to China, which has become a trend. Just as the one-China principle is becoming more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people all over the world, friends have realized that dancing with "Taiwan independence" elements is completely against the trend and out of step with the world, and it is not too late to turn back.