BeijingChina sanctioned Paraguay’s communications minister and Belize’s foreign minister.
Paraguay and Belize are 2 of the 12 states with formal ties to Taiwan.
Gustavo Villate and Francis Fonseca face frozen Chinese assets, Hong Kong and Macau visa bans, and a ban on Chinese dealings with them.
“Paraguay reaffirms its relationship of friendship and cooperation,” Villate wrote on Taiwan’s National Day.
Beijing named no one in Guatemala or Haiti, Taiwan’s other allies in the Americas.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 80+ reports worldwide
- Al Jazeera Online leans critical
- frames the sanctions as defence of sovereignty and names the two ministers' asset freezes and Hong Kong/Macau visa bans
Sources: Al Jazeera Online