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MrJqmbo t1_jdphepc wrote

Between the two, it makes sense for a small country like Honduras to do this, China has more perks than Taiwan

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defcon_penguin t1_jdpydro wrote

I would assume that the US, which is much nearer than China, has even more perks for Honduras and that the US are not going to be very happy about this change

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mac2o2o t1_jdq94v7 wrote

Considering the US tried to perform a coup there a few years back... the US weren't happy anyways

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Cyhawkboy t1_jdq79w4 wrote

The U.S. doesn’t really give a shit about it. Remember they have their own weird One China policy in which they technically only deal with mainland China and not Taiwan. Very few countries recognize Taiwan to be the real China still.

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milkyteapls t1_jdqj87s wrote

Well the US doesn’t recognise Taiwan either so can hardly be annoyed for another country not?

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entelechia1 t1_jdqsaf6 wrote

But the US also officially recognizes China so Honduras now is on the same page with the US

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NewspaperAdditional7 t1_jdpx294 wrote

I believe Honduras was the largest country in the world to have official diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

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cwc2907 t1_jdpxg4b wrote

Neither population wise or area wise, Paraguay is the biggest by area and Guatemala has more population.

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apatrid t1_jdpj7yr wrote

it is a blackmail, there is no need to find sense, ethical stand point is painfully obvious

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kgro t1_jdppk20 wrote

Very quickly Honduras might find out that moves like this are very very expensive. Reputation — gone, larger support by international community — gone, help from China if shit goes gown — unlikely, now that they’ve cornered themselves in.

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kgro t1_jdpuvus wrote

Honduras can not be considered now as a reliable diplomatic partner, as it will sell you out to the highest bidder, and now everybody knows this. This is what I am talking about. Big controls can afford flip flopping, it for the small countries these kind of moves force them literally into one corner, and Beijing will always take the advantage of the new weakness that Honduras has called upon itself.

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Cyhawkboy t1_jdq7nas wrote

I think you need to read up on what recognition of Taiwan or the PRC really means and why some countries still recognize Taiwan over the PRC

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kgro t1_jdq939v wrote

15 years living in China gave me some background info on Mainland-Taiwan relationship I think

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