China seems to be building a hydroelectric dam in Honduras. Perhaps this is a condition of that aid? Also, the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, is openly pro-independence from China, which is an escalation from their previous stance based on the 1992 consensus in which both parties “agreed” (with very different interpretations) that China and Taiwan are both part of “one China.”
I am wondering why Honduras was in the minority of recognising ROC in the first place. I’m not at all familiar with Honduras’ history or politics. Has it historically been fairly reactionary?
“Honduras’ and Taiwan’s bilateral relations date back to 1941, with both sides celebrating the 80th anniversary this year. Well into the 1980’s the diplomatic relationship between Tegucigalpa and Taipei was structured around Cold War geopolitics and a shared antipathy to communism. Both Taiwan and Honduras were long governed by right-wing military governments for much of this time but both began to liberalize in the 1980s and 1990s and began to form a more nuanced relationship, largely based on trade, development assistance for Honduras, and diplomatic support for Taiwan in international organizations”
Seems like Taiwan was giving development aid to them, but that can’t compete with what the Chinese can offer nowadays.
China seems to be building a hydroelectric dam in Honduras. Perhaps this is a condition of that aid? Also, the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, is openly pro-independence from China, which is an escalation from their previous stance based on the 1992 consensus in which both parties “agreed” (with very different interpretations) that China and Taiwan are both part of “one China.”
I am wondering why Honduras was in the minority of recognising ROC in the first place. I’m not at all familiar with Honduras’ history or politics. Has it historically been fairly reactionary?
More likely the US coerced them into doing so for aid
this is what i suspected, but do you know is this in fact the case?
“Honduras’ and Taiwan’s bilateral relations date back to 1941, with both sides celebrating the 80th anniversary this year. Well into the 1980’s the diplomatic relationship between Tegucigalpa and Taipei was structured around Cold War geopolitics and a shared antipathy to communism. Both Taiwan and Honduras were long governed by right-wing military governments for much of this time but both began to liberalize in the 1980s and 1990s and began to form a more nuanced relationship, largely based on trade, development assistance for Honduras, and diplomatic support for Taiwan in international organizations”
Seems like Taiwan was giving development aid to them, but that can’t compete with what the Chinese can offer nowadays.
this seems to be the source for the quote, for anyone interested