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Five of the 17 countries that have direct diplomatic ties with Taiwan are in Latin America: Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, Paraguay and Nicaragua.
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Around the world, the 17 nations recognize Taiwan’s independence. But No country recognize Taiwan as an independent country.
Taiwan’s current foreign relations bind stems from a deal brokered in 2008. This “diplomatic truce” guarantees that neither China nor Taiwan will pursue formal diplomatic relations with a country that has already recognized one or the other. Beijing calls it the one-China policy, and it forces nations to choose between it and Taipei, with Beijing increasingly coming out the more appealing choice.
Taiwan has seen its diplomatic ties tumble like dominoes in Central America as Beijing wields its economic clout to push its “One China” principle that
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