And if it seen as a threat - should Belize then seize on the opportunity to befriend mainland China. It's like the "third-rail" of Belize's foreign policy - since Belize is so beholden to Taiwan for the various support projects. But, we did get CEO Andrews to answer our question about whether Belize should be considering making friends with the mainland:...
Jules Vasquez, reporter
"Shouldn't then Belize investigate if China, mainland China wants to be friendly with Belize? Might it not be time for Belize to say well the Taiwanese care more about our neighbors, we need to look more vigilantly after our own protection?"
Pat Andrews, CEO - Foreign Affairs
"We note what has been reported, or what occurred with the Guatemala donation, or grant, and, we expect that we should not treat, be treated, any, any way unlikely (sic) to how Guatemala is treated. So, we, we have taken that under consideration too and we will see how that goes but I can't speculate on anything beyond that."
In January, Panama made a very high profile switch in alliances from Taiwan to China.
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