… to Honduras, kickstarting that relationship, developing joint set of economic priorities for Taiwan in the Western Hemisphere? Anything else we can use that fund for? Yeah, well, first of all, The reason why these countries switch recognition primarily was because the Chinese would go in and they would say, if you switch recognition, we are going to provide you this loan, this, and in some cases worse than loans, there was even cases of bribery and things of this nature. But we're going to provide you free this and free that. We're going to build an auditorium for you. We're going to build a bridge, we're going to build a port. (01:29–01:44)
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Asserts that China offers loans and sometimes engages in bribery to gain diplomatic recognition.
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