China’s hosting of envoys from two of Taiwan’s few remaining allies to an event has caused some concern in Taipei about possibly losing the support on the global stage, further isolating the democracy.

At the China-CELAC Forum in Beijing, the Chinese foreign minister offered to accept more Mexican imports and encouraged Chinese enterprises to invest in Mexico.

At a Beijing forum this week, China has cast itself as defender of the multilateral order and backer of the Global South, with Xi pledging $9.2 billion in credit toward development.

Haiti's foreign minister was one of Taiwan's two diplomatic allies attending a forum on Tuesday in Beijing between China and Latin American and Caribbean countries, as China steps up its pressure campaign against the diplomatically isolated island.

China and Colombia have signed a joint cooperation plan on the Belt and Road Initiative, state media said on Wednesday after their leaders met in Beijing. Burgeoning commerce in recent years has helped grow Beijing's influence in Latin America and the Caribbean,

BEIJING -- China's top legislator Zhao Leji met with Rolando Miguel Gonzalez Patricio, president of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino), in Beijing on Wednesday.