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autotldr t1_jdpdgeh wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 77%. (I'm a bot)

> Taipei - Honduras announced on Saturday that it had broken off diplomatic relations with Taiwan, a move that drew an immediate rebuke from Taipei as Tegucigalpa switches allegiances to China.

> "The government of the Republic of Honduras recognises the existence of only one China in the world, and that the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate government that represents all of China," the Honduras Foreign Ministry said Saturday.

> "As of this date, the government of Honduras has communicated to Taiwan the rupture of diplomatic relations, committing to no longer having any relationship or contact of an official nature with Taiwan," it added.

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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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Orqee t1_jdpjihg wrote

Xi: knock knock Honduras: who’s there? Xi: me Xi ! Honduras: who Xi ? Xi: no it’s not Ho Chi Minh ! Honduras: I don’t give a Xit

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HorsesMeow t1_jdpmqwn wrote

Well then...

  • btw, has anyone had the fried chicken in the central America's? Makes colonel sander look like a corporal. Best ever. esp in Costa rica.
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kgro t1_jdppk20 wrote

Replying to MrJqmbo (#2,364,700)

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

Replying to [deleted] (#2,365,978)

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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Bashin-kun t1_jdpva50 wrote

Incoming increased unrest in Honduras within the next 10 years.

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defcon_penguin t1_jdpyfvv wrote

The US should take a bit more care of their backyard

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_Mr_Hyde_33 t1_jdq1qgm wrote

Bad move,you're in for a penny,in for a pound now.

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Cyhawkboy t1_jdq79w4 wrote

Replying to defcon_penguin (#2,366,452)

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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jzy9 t1_jdq7oem wrote

List of countries that recognise Taiwan now

Belize (Caribbean tax haven with the 7th highest murder rate in the world)

Guatemala (massive gang violence and riots)

Haiti (lol)

Holy See (religiously incompatible so a free win I guess)

Honduras

Marshall Islands (foreign aid is 30% of GDP)

Nauru (25% of GDP from running an Australian detention center)

Palau (foreign aid almost 100% of GDP)

Paraguay (current VP and former President sanctioned due to ties with narco terrorists)

St Lucia (somewhat normal Caribbean tax haven)

St Kitts and Nevis (tax haven with 9th highest murder rate in the world)

St Vincent and the Grenadines (tax haven with 8th highest murder rate in the world)

Swaziland aka eSwatini (ruled by a total dictator who spent the health budget on a Paris shopping trip while an AIDS epidemic raged out of control)

Tuvalu (20% of GDP from aid and 10% from leasing out the ".tv" TLD)

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