Taiwan's 23 Million-Person Dumpling Alliance Fades as China Squeezes Eastern European Backers
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 11
Taiwan's 23 Million-Person Dumpling Alliance Fades as China Squeezes Eastern European Backers
1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 11
Summary
Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have grown more cautious on Taiwan, eroding the informal “Dumpling Alliance” that emerged during the Covid era.
China’s economic pressure is driving that retreat, alongside Beijing’s insistence that it will bring the democratically governed island under its control, by force if necessary.
The alliance had symbolized an unusual pocket of Eastern European support for Taiwan, but the phrase itself has now largely disappeared as governments pull back.
The shift underscores how Beijing’s leverage is narrowing Taiwan’s diplomatic space even among partners that had once publicly backed the 23 million-person island.