‘Xi Jinping (習近平) 3rd term’ China is making efforts in Central and South America. It is interpreted as a paving stone to secure allied forces to counter the check on China by Western powers centered on the United States.
According to Taiwan’s Central News Agency on the 16th, Honduras, a Latin American country, recently told the Taiwanese government, “Honduras is restructuring its debt of 600 million dollars (approximately 790 billion won) borrowed from Taiwan and is also providing aid worth 50 million dollars (approximately 65.7 billion won) annually.” Please double it.” However, when the Taiwanese government refused, Honduras announced that it was severing diplomatic ties with Taiwan and seeking to establish diplomatic ties with China.
Honduras is one of 14 countries with diplomatic relations with Taiwan. China, which insists on the ‘one China’ principle, is putting forward the severance of diplomatic ties with Taiwan as a condition of diplomatic ties. Judging from the fact that Honduras is pursuing diplomatic ties with China immediately after Taiwan’s request for economic assistance was rejected, China seems to have promised Honduras significant economic aid.
In the midst of this, the Chinese state-run Global Times reported that “Argentina is in a hurry to introduce the JF-17 fighter jet jointly developed by China and Pakistan.” Argentina is in the process of modernizing its air force, but it is difficult to purchase US, European and Korean fighters due to the UK’s obstruction. Britain and Argentina fought a war over territorial sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in 1982, and since then, Britain has been controlling fighter jets with British technology and parts from being exported to Argentina.
The Global Times argued that “China is thoroughly on the side of Argentina in the territorial dispute over the Falkland Islands,” and that “the JF-17 is the best choice for Argentina.” Some interpret that China is supporting Argentina to check AUKUS, a trilateral security consultative body between the United States, Britain and Australia.
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Source: Donga
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