Paraguayโs tech minister defies Beijing sanctions, says Taiwan ties โnot up for negotiationโ
Paraguayโs technology minister said on Thursday that sanctions imposed on him by Beijing over his countryโs ties with Taiwan would only accelerate joint projects with the island. Gustavo Villate, who heads the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies, wrote in a lengthy social media post that the relationship with Taipei would โnever be on the negotiating tableโ. He also suggested that Beijing had acted to protect Chinese telecoms suppliers kept out of Paraguayโs networks. โThis...