Honduras targets Chinese shops, state builder as President Asfura sits on Taiwan pledge

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Honduran officials inspected Chinese-owned shops and a hospital project involving a Chinese state-owned contractor, questioning dozens of Chinese nationals and ordering some to undergo document checks. The enforcement action comes as President Nasry Asfura has yet to make a decision on a pledge involving Taiwan, adding diplomatic sensitivity to Honduras-China ties.

Honduran migration officials have summoned or placed under review 41 Chinese nationals after inspecting shops in the capital and a hospital being built by a state-owned contractor from China in the south of the country. Teams from the National Migration Institute, working with police and intelligence officers, interviewed 86 Chinese citizens at 54 shops in Comayaguela, Tegucigalpa’s twin city and main commercial district, and told 25 of them to report for further document checks. Migration...