This is part of a broader campaign to isolate Taiwan, to erode its global standing, and to expand Beijing's influence in our own backyard. Panama and Honduras were promised economic opportunity after cutting ties [with Taiwan], but what they got instead were opaque deals and deeper dependence on Beijing. Now the Chinese Communist Party is applying the same model in Guatemala, targeting political and business elites to push a break with Taipei. (04:32–04:44)
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Asserts that Panama and Honduras became more dependent on China after cutting ties with Taiwan.
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