Paraguay has failed to turn this charity into a development partnership. In 1990, the average Taiwanese was three times better off than the average Paraguayan. now the g________(C) is more than sevenfold. Of the 10,000 Taiwanese who migrated to Paraguay, many of them in the 1980s, only half remain. Taiwanese investment comprises little more than an ailing[2] industrial park—partly because skilled labour is short. (2)Taiwanese experts have passed on technical advice, but their lessons were ignored, says Carlos Paris, a trade official.
(3)Meanwhile, China looms larger. Last year, it supplied a quarter of Paraguay s imports, second only to Brazil. It buys much of the country s soya crop. For some Paraguayans, such as Jorge Samaniego, whose factory a________(D) Chinese motorcycles, lack of diplomatic ties is becoming a problem. It makes it harder for his Chinese suppliers to visit.