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Beijing calls Paraguay leaders willing โ€˜chess piecesโ€™ after disputed Taiwan trip

Beijing lashed out at Paraguay on Monday after President Santiago Pena wrapped up a four-day visit to Taiwan, branding Paraguayan leaders as willing โ€œchess piecesโ€ for independence forces on the self-ruled island that China claims as its own territory. Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said China โ€œfirmly opposes and condemnsโ€ the trip and urged Asuncion to โ€œchange course at an early dateโ€ and recognise the one-China principle. โ€œThe wheels of history wait for no one. Rejecting the one-China...