Taiwan chides China for using vaccines as political tool 13 May 2021, 20:37 GMT+10 Taipei [Taiwan], May 13 (ANI): Taiwan has condemned the Chinese government for using vaccines as a political tool to pressure the Tapei's diplomatic allies to switch allegiance after Honduras said it is mulling the possibility of opening a trade office in China in a bid to acquire COVID-19 vaccines. In a televised speech on Tuesday, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said his government was willing to do "whatever was necessary to help its people" during the global pandemic, Focus Taiwan reported. Honduras does not have formal relations with China. If necessary, the Honduran government would open a trade office in China "because it is in the best interest of the Honduran people," he had said.