Taiwan Accuses China Of Honduras Crisis

Taiwan’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, has accused China of involvement in the plan by Honduras to switch diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China.

The comments by Taiwan’s Foreign Minister on Thursday came a day after Honduras denied it had demanded $2.5bn in aid from Taiwan before announcing a plan to open relations with China.

Wu said the situation with Honduras was not very good.

He added; “The marks of Chinese involvement are very obvious. But the island will not engage in dollar diplomacy with China.

“We’ve entered a very difficult phase. But we’ll work hard until the last minute.”

China views Taiwan as its own territory and has been stepping up efforts to win over just 14 countries that continue to maintain formal diplomatic ties with the island.

The move also comes after Honduras said it was negotiating with China to build a hydroelectric dam on the Patuca River.

China has already invested $298m in the first dam in eastern Honduras, inaugurated in 2021.