HONDURAS on Sunday signed a joint communiqué with Beijing on the establishment of diplomatic relations shortly after it announced to sever so-called "diplomatic" relations with the Taiwan island. This is the ninth so-called ally that Taiwan authorities have lost at a rapid pace since the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Tsing Ing-wen authorities came to power in 2016. This once again demonstrates that the international community's recognition and consensus on the one-China principle have been increasingly deepened and consolidated, which is the common aspiration of the people and the trend of the times.

Latin America used to be one of the regions where the Taiwan authorities' "diplomatic allies" were concentrated. In recent years, Taiwan's "diplomatic allies" in this region have one after another chosen to establish diplomatic relations with the mainland, forming a strong transmission effect. As an important regional country, Honduras' choice to "sever diplomatic relations" with the Taiwan authorities and establish diplomatic relations with the Chinese mainland is significant both regionally and internationally. This means that after Nicaragua broke off diplomatic ties with the island of Taiwan in December 2021, Taiwan has lost another ally, and it has been left with only 13 "diplomatic allies" across the world.

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