Honduras president-elect’s China pledge puts Taiwan and US on edge

Xiomara Castro has said she will foster ties with Beijing in what experts see as a move to counter US influenceXiomara Castro’s victory in the Honduras presidential elections has placed the Central American nation at the heart of an intensifying diplomatic tug-of-war between Taiwan and China.Honduras is one of only 15 remaining countries that recognizes the sovereignty of Taiwan, which China claims as part of its own territory. But Castro made a manifesto pledge to end that decades-long re