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Says French Caribbean site New Media [Fr]: “Taiwan, through the hand of its Foreign Affairs minister James Huang and his St. Lucian counterpart Rufus Bouquet, has officially signed Wednesday in Castries a treaty reestablishing diplomatic ties between the two countries. China has already stated it feels ‘offended' by the document.”
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It appears that they are also trying to make friends with Suriname…further angering China, of course:
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nobody could splict Taiwan from China!
So, St. Lucia will surely regret for this choice.
Taiwan has never been a part of PRC. It is a joke that China unilaterally claims Taiwan as a break-away province, and forces all countries that want to have diplomatic relationship with China to admit so.