Port-au-Prince (AFP) – Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen made a brief visit to Haiti on Saturday without unveiling new spending commitments, as she courts Taipei’s dwindling allies in the Caribbean in a diplomatic struggle with China. Since Tsai became president, Beijing — which considers Taiwan part of its territory — has poached five of the island’s shrinking roster of allies, including Haiti’s neighbor the Dominican Republic. Taipei has allocated $150 million to the country to help electrify its territory but the funds have not been allocated because they have yet to be ratified by the Haitian parliament.
