Thu, Dec 16, 2004 - Page 1 News List

Vanuatu switches allegiance back to China

DOLLAR DIPLOMACYChina released US$2 million to Vanuatu after its announcement that it had severed ties with Taipei, while developments in Haiti are worrying diplomats

By Melody Chen  /  STAFF REPORTER , WITH AFP

Wang is scheduled to meet with Haiti's interim president Boniface Alexander, Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, and other officials.

The peacekeepers raised China's flag at their base, said Hsieh Hsin-ping (謝新平), Taiwan's ambassador to Haiti. It is "a normal practice" for UN peacekeeping troops to raise their national flags in countries where they are posted, Lu said.

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