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‘No cost too high for China’ — how Beijing is seeking to undermine Taiwanese diplomacy

In the past decade, 10 countries have shifted their diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. The cost? Almost $2 bn. The loss of Taipei's diplomatic reach also damages the US.

Honduras military takes over prisons after gang fight left 46 women inmates dead

President Castro announced last week she would hand the military police control of the prison system as her administration seeks to stop organised crime activity inside prisons.

‘What happened to my daughter’: Families look for answers after Honduras prison riot leaves 41 dead

Most of those killed at the Centro Femenino de Adaptacion Social, a 900-person women’s penitentiary, were burned to death, while others were shot.

On Honduras President’s first visit, China says it will ‘firmly’ support development

After cutting diplomatic ties with Taiwan, Honduran President Xiomara Castro is on a visit to China to develop bilateral ties and seek investment.

During China visit, Honduras president seeks inclusion in BRISC-led New Development Bank

Castro's office tweeted Friday evening that he met the bank's president Dilma Rousseff in China and presented a formal request to him.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro arrives in Shanghai after establishing ties with China

Castro will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping to 'jointly plan and lead' the future development of ties, the official news agency, Xinhua, said.

Honduras to launch trade talks with China, months after it ended relations with Taiwan

Coffee will be the first export to Chinese market, Honduran Foreign Minister Reina noted, adding that both countries are evaluating future shipments of shrimp & melon to China.

Taiwan strengthens ties with Guatemala after fallout with Honduras

While visiting Guatemala, Taiwan's President Tsai signed a $4 million agreement to modernize rural areas and promised to promote and increase cooperation between the two countries.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.