Why Taiwan is running out of friends

Taipei vows to fight China’s ‘increasingly out of control’ behaviour after losing third ally this year

Honour guards prepare to raise the Taiwan flag in the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall square
(Image credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Taiwan has vowed to fight China’s “increasingly out of control” behaviour after El Salvador became its third ally this year to switch allegiances.

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