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10/12/2021 07:06 GMT : Nicaragua breaks off diplomatic links with Taiwan

Nicaragua breaks off diplomatic links with Taiwan

BBC World Service - Newsday, Nicaragua breaks off diplomatic links with Taiwan

It becomes the latest country to favour China instead

China demands that any country that wants diplomatic relations with it must cut existing ties with Taiwan.

Nicaragua has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China.  It's the latest country to turn its back on the island nation which Beijing considers a renegade province to be eventually re-unified with the mainland. 

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