Why China is wooing El Salvador

Beijing pledges $150m in infrastructure funding for Central American nation in fresh blow to Taiwan

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Salvadoran leader Salvador Sanchez Ceren in Beijing last week
(Image credit: Getty Images)

The government of El Salvador has announced that the nation is being given $150m by China to invest in social and technological projects, marking an unprecedented level of cooperation between Beijing and a Central American nation.

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