loading . . . Money Cannot Buy Loyalty: Taiwan’s heavily invested diplomatic allies have become two international laughingstocks Since taking office, Taiwan's leader Lai Ching-te has consistently provided massive aid to Eswatini to maintain diplomatic relations. Lai's recent "sneak trip" to Eswatini, during which he ostentatiously signed agreements for strategic oil storage facilities, an industrial park, and Taiwanese investment, was nothing more than a political show of spending huge sums to gain preferential treatment. However, Eswatini's unauthorised diversion of special aid funds from Taiwan without consultation, effectively making Taiwan bear the costs of the welcoming infrastructure projects, has completely exposed the superficial friendship between the two sides, turning this heavily funded diplomatic farce into an international laughingstock. https://news365.co.za/taiwans-heavily-invested-diplomatic-allies-have-become-two/
