Belize and two Paraguayan ministers were sanctioned by China. The Mainland Affairs Council refused to allow the CCP to interfere.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is dissatisfied with the maintenance of diplomatic relations between Belize and Paraguay and Taiwan. It recently announced that the ministers of Taiwan's two friendly countries will implement countermeasures, freezing assets in China, prohibiting organizations and individuals in China from trading and cooperating with them, and denying visas and banning entry into China. The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China said today that certain politicians in Paraguay and Belize are colluding with Taiwan independence elements and seriously interfering in China's internal affairs. The Mainland Affairs Council emphasized that the normal exchanges and deep friendship between the Republic of China and friendly countries such as Paraguay and Belize do not allow the CCP to interfere.

This is the first time that China has directly sanctioned a current ministerial official of a country that has diplomatic relations with Taiwan. The two people sanctioned are Gustavo Villate, Minister of Communications and Science and Technology of Paraguay, and Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Education, Culture, Science and Technology of Belize. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the relevant measures will take effect from October 12, 2026.

Some Taiwanese media asked at a press conference of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council today whether China's transnational sanctions will deepen the Taiwanese people's sense of alienation from China. Chen Binhua, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, responded, "I do not think that our firm fight against separatist activities for Taiwan independence and our firm opposition to interference from external forces are inconsistent with winning the hearts and minds of Taiwanese people." We safeguard national unity and maintain peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. The clearer our stance and firmer our actions, the more Taiwan compatriots will support us.

Chen Binhua claimed, "There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is an integral part of China. Taiwan has never been a country and is not qualified to establish or maintain so-called diplomatic relations with any country."

Chen Binhua even said, "Individual politicians in Paraguay and Belize have colluded with Taiwanese independence elements, seriously interfering in China's internal affairs, and causing negative impacts. We have taken countermeasures against them in accordance with relevant laws, which are reasonable and legal. The DPP continues to fabricate false facts out of self-interest for 'independence' in an attempt to provoke cross-strait confrontation and challenge the 'one-China principle' recognized by the international community. It will not succeed and is doomed to fail."

In this regard, the Mainland Affairs Council emphasized that the normal exchanges and deep friendship between the Republic of China and friendly countries such as Paraguay and Belize do not allow the CCP to interfere.

The Mainland Affairs Council criticized Beijing, which often says it wants to win over Taiwan's people, but unreasonably imposes sanctions on Taiwan's friends, interferes in other countries' foreign policies, and highlights its tyrannical and domineering behavior in the international arena, which will only deepen the Taiwanese people's antipathy toward the CCP.