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Paraguay’s New Ambassador Presents Credentials to Taiwan’s President
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te accepted the credentials for Paraguay's new ambassador, Darío Filártiga Ruiz Díaz, on Friday at a ceremony at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei. Paraguay is among the island's staunchest diplomatic partners, even amid mounting pressure from China to switch ...
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Paraguay Says Will Defend Ties With Taiwan, Host Its President
Paraguay, Taiwan's only remaining diplomatic ally in South America, vowed Monday to defend its ties with the self-governing democracy claimed by China and announced its president, Lai Ching-te, will visit in August. President Santiago Pena hosted Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung ...
How Paraguay’s Veto Power Could Reshape China’s Trade Future in South America
Amid a flurry of headline-grabbing geopolitical developments, one story has flown largely under the radar: several recent signals from within Paraguay suggest a potential shift in the country’s long-standing diplomatic relationship with Taiwan. While it might seem like just another chapter in the long-running contest between Beijing ...
Trade, Not Politics Frame the China-Paraguay Relationship
While political ties between China and Paraguay are increasingly strained over the South American country's commitment to maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan, economic ties between the two are much more robust. Well, sort of. China is Paraguay's third largest trading partner, ...
Paraguay Expelled a Chinese Diplomat After He Called on the South American Country to Cut Ties With Taiwan
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced Paraguay's move last week to expel Chinese diplomat Xu Wei for interfering in the South American country's internal affairs. Xu was in Asunción for a UNESCO meeting that he skipped on Thursday to go to parliament, where ...
File image of a worker cleaning solar panels installed on the roof of the traditional Gedhe market in Klaten, Central Java. China’s $180 billion clean tech push is reshaping the Global South, with Indonesia a key test of who controls new green industries. (Photo: DEVI RAHMAN / AFP)
By Cobus van Staden, CGSP Head of Research Remember “no blood for oil”? Decades ago, the slogan emblematized opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Its logic subsequently shifted as the United States experienced a gas and oil revolution thanks to fracking.
