Honduran president to make 1st China visit since cutting Taiwan ties

Honduran President Xiomara Castro will begin a six-day state visit to China later this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, her first trip to Beijing since the Central American country switched its diplomatic recognition from Taipei in March.Castro's visit from Friday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping comes after Honduras' move left the number of countries that officially recognize the self-ruled democratic island at a record-low 13.On Monday, China opened its embassy in the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, with Yu Bo, its charge d'affaires, noting the two countri…READ FULL ARTICLE