FALSE EXPECTATIONS: The US said that countries hoping that closer ties with China would help stimulate domestic growth often find themselves worse in the long run
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 18, 2019
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) yesterday expressed the US’ disappointment over the
A worker removes the nameplate of the Embassy of the Republic of China in the Solomon Islands’ capital, Honiara, yesterday.
Photo: CNA
Taiwan on Monday announced that it was severing relations with the South Pacific nation after Honiara decided to switch its political allegiance to Beijing.
The government also condemned attempts by Beijing to suppress Taiwan’s sovereignty and international presence.
Solomon Islanders in Malaita Province yesterday staged a peaceful protest against cutting ties with Taiwan, with demonstrators holding banners that read “Malaita for Democracy, Forget the $ Think, Leadership,” images posted on the “I am from Honiara, Solomon Islands” Facebook page showed.
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