Add China as an interest to stay up to date on the latest China news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Speaking at a daily briefing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said El Salvador had "made the right decision" and "no one is in a position to point fingers at or interfere in it." However, the U.S. government now on the one hand is thwarting and even deterring other countries from ... establishing normal relations with China," Lu said. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, is now left with just 17 diplomatic allies as China ratchets up pressure on the island's independence-leaning government to endorse Beijing's "one-China" principle. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio threatened to block funding for El Salvador, accusing it of being "against the U.S. on everything."

Source: ABC News August 22, 2018 09:18 UTC