The grey zone tactics adopted by the People’s Liberation Army against Taiwan allowed Beijing to coerce the enemy without escalating direct military tensions.
Relationship between the two nations sank to a low last year when then speaker of House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi paid a visit to Taiwan, which China claims as its territory.
Guatemala is one of only 13 countries with official diplomatic ties with China-claimed Taiwan. Honduras abandoned Taipei for Beijing last month after asking for almost $2.5 billion in aid.
Concerns about China's increasingly aggressive stance on Taiwan have been in sharp focus during talks among G7 foreign ministers in Japanese resort town of Karuizawa.
Impact was reduced after Taiwan said it had successfully urged China to drastically narrow its plan to close air space north, said Transport Minister Wang Kwo-tsai.
Although China said drills had ended, Taiwan's defence ministry said it spotted 9 Chinese ships and 26 aircraft carrying out combat readiness patrols late Tuesday morning.
Gou, who stepped down as Foxconn chief in 2019, said the only way to avoid war with China was to lessen Sino-US tensions and get Taiwan's ruling party DPP out of office.
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.
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