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Rhoda Kwan in Taipei

Don’t ‘quench your thirst with poison’, Taiwan tells Honduras after switch to China

Honduran and Taiwanese flags fly at Republic of China Square in Tegucigalpa
Honduran and Taiwanese flags fly at Republic of China Square in Tegucigalpa. Taipei has warned Honduras of China’s ‘debt trap’ diplomacy. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Taiwan has urged Honduras not to “quench your thirst with poison and fall into China’s debt trap”, adding it would not compete monetarily with China to keep its formal allies after its decision to switch diplomatic ties from Taipei to Beijing this week.

Honduran president Xiomara Castro announced on Tuesday that her country would begin to establish an official relationship with Beijing, in effect severing its ties with Taipei.

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