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Beijing sanctions Paraguayan and Belizean ministers over support for Taiwan

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China has imposed sanctions on Paraguay’s minister of information and communication technologies, Gustavo Villate, and Belize’s minister of foreign affairs, Francis Fonseca, for supporting Taiwan diplomatically. The sanctions, which took effect on Monday, include asset freezes within China, transaction prohibitions with Chinese entities, and entry bans to China, including Hong Kong and Macau. Both ministers were criticized by the Chinese foreign ministry for pursuing so-called “diplomatic ties” with Taiwan out of self-interest.

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On Monday, Beijing imposed sanctions on Gustavo Villate, Paraguay's minister of information and communication technologies, and Francis Fonseca, Belize’s minister of foreign affairs, foreign trade, education, culture, science and technology, in response to their support for Taiwan. The sanctions include asset freezes within China, prohibitions on transactions or cooperation with the sanctioned individuals by Chinese entities and people, and denial of entry into China, including Hong Kong and Macau. According to Beijing, these ministers were supporting "so-called ‘diplomatic ties’ with China’s Taiwan region" for self-interest, despite Belize signing a diplomatic training deal with Taipei earlier this year and Paraguay beginning a data center investment project recently.

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Beijing sanctions Paraguayan and Belizean ministers over support for Taiwan Belize signed a diplomatic training deal with Taipei this year, while Paraguay began a data centre investment project Gustavo Villate, Paraguay’s minister of information and communication technologies, and Francis Fonseca, Belize’s minister of foreign affairs, foreign trade, education, culture, science and technology were placed under sanctions from Monday, the foreign ministry said.

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The measures include freezing their assets within China, prohibiting Chinese entities and individuals from transacting or cooperating with the pair, and denying them entry to China, including to Hong Kong and Macau, it added. asserted

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The two ministers were accused of “obstinately supporting … so-called ‘diplomatic ties’ with China’s Taiwan region” out of “self-interest” in recent years, the foreign ministry said in two separate statements on Monday morning. asserted

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