El Salvador says bye bye Taiwan hello China, BTW thats a nice big check book you have there.
Taiwan said bye bye first, no?
Beijing: Taiwanās jubilation at President Tsai Ing-wenās tour of a United States space centre has been crashed by China, which announced on Tuesday it had peeled away another Taiwanese ally, the central American nation of El Salvador.
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu accused El Salvador of demanding money from Taiwan for an āunfeasible port developmentā, which Taiwan had refused. Wu condemned Chinaās āeasy moneyā.
āAs a responsible member of the global community Taiwan will not engage in dollar nor debt-trap diplomacy with China,ā Wu said.
We told them to go jump in the lake. They didnāt break up with us, we broke up with them.
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Good saves tax payers money.
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The foreign ministry has previously highlighted the dangers of being enticed by Chinaās promises of financial largesse, highlighting a US$1-billion-plus oil refinery project backed by Chinese funds that was eventually cancelled in 2016, leaving Costa Rocaās national refiner with nothing to show but a multi-million dollar expenses bill.
Costa Rica switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 2007.
Not to mention a current scandalous corruption case related to the purchase of cement from China which has costed them like half their supreme judges, several congresmen and almost toppled a bank or two.
Does it make any difference?
Itās one less country who recognizes Taiwan. Soon, thereāll be noneā¦
Tuvalu will never betray us. āKÄfai e tÅ te vaiua kÄ 'siu tÄtou.ā
What are you taking about?!
Thatās not Maori, itās a Tuvaluan saying meaning, if it rains weāll get wet. i.e. weāre in this come rain or come shine.
And by āweā I assume you are talking about Taiwan and Tuvalu, right?
All others seem to be getting out of the rain or opening their āmade in Chinaā umbrellasā¦
Yes, Tuvalu will stand by Taiwan until they day they disappear into the Pacific Ocean.
Probably Palau too.
Taiwan:
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No mention of Malaysia in there that will be a big kick in the guts to China
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Someone - DPP legislator- came up with some numbers:
What does El Salvador even do for Taiwan or can even do? We just saved some money on a meaningless ally.
My daughter just asked me what murder means (yes, Iām a little bit scared too) and we ended up looking at murder rates by country. El Salvador is numero uno!
fuck em
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