As China campaigns to cut off Taiwan, Honduras poised to flip next

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Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro speaks at an event in Tegucigalpa. She has pledged to end 80 years of relations between Honduras and Taiwan. © Reuters

KOSUKE SHIMIZU and YU NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writers

MEXICO CITY/TAIPEI -- With the Beijing Olympics and a twice-a-decade Communist Party congress coming up in 2022, China is accelerating efforts to sever Taiwan's diplomatic ties with nations in Central America and the Caribbean.

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