# China sanctions Paraguayan and Belizean officials over Taiwan ties

https://mins.news/en/item/96655

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-12 15:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/4ycHS9n

> China imposed sanctions on Paraguay’s communications minister and Belize’s foreign minister because of their ties with Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy Beijing claims as its own.

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