Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen arrives in Guatemala on a visit to shore up ties with dwindling allies days after Honduras ditched it in favour of China
became the latest country to break with Taiwan in favour of establishing ties with China.
As the Asian superpower has sought to isolate Taipei and expand its power on the global stage, Chinese trade and investment in Latin America has soared. Trade between China and the region has also shot up, and is expected to reach more than $700 billion by 2035.More than half of those are small countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: Belize, Guatemala, Paraguay, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
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