China retaliates against Tsai's U.S. stopover by snatching ally

El Salvador's switch of diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China was orchestrated by Beijing in "retaliation" for President Tsai Ing-wen's (蔡英文) recent transit stops in the United States, National Taiwan University Professor William Stanton said Tuesday.

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