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PANAMA established diplomatic relations with China yesterday, cutting off the Chinese breakaway island province of Taiwan by default.
President Juan Carlos Varela said the move was the “correct path for our country.”
A joint statement released on Monday evening in Panama said Panama and China were recognising each other and establishing ambassadorial-level relations the same day.
“The government of the Republic of Panama recognises that there is but one China in the world, that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory,” the statement read.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen denounced the move as a betrayal. “Oppression and threats are not going to help in cross-strait relations. It will on the contrary increase the discrepancy between the people” of Taiwan and China, she said. “We will not compromise and yield under threat.”
