similar EU initiatives to increase the EU’s presence and engagement with partners in the Global South, particularly African and Latin American countries; strengthen efforts to counter anti-EU narratives in these countries; engage with China to reduce and alleviate the debt burden on developing countries, also by transforming its loans into grants; call attention to China’s growing economic, political and security influence in Latin America and the Caribbean, large-scale infrastructure and port investments, military engagement and technological cooperation with authoritarian regimes such as those in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela; warn that these activities strengthen China’s global strategic reach and increase economic dependencies; (z) reinforce financial due-diligence and procurement safeguards under the Global Gateway to prevent EU-funded infrastructure projects from creating or deepening strategic dependencies on China; stresses the need for transparent procurement, risk mitigation and consistent application of EU standards; (aa) strengthen due-diligence and anti-corruption screening in all EU external funding and investment instruments involving China; ensure that no entity involved in systemic corruption can participate in EU-financed projects; introduce anticorruption standards and stricter transparency requirements for supply chains, ownership structures and subcontracting, and establish mechanisms for continuous monitoring of corruption risks in projects involving Chinese partners; (ab) recognising that China’s military-civil fusion strategy is a state-driven effort to integrate civilian and military sectors in order to enhance Chinese government control and the People’s Liberation Army’s capabilities by acquiring advanced global technologies, express concern about Chinese private companies aligning with state interests, thus advancing China’s geopolitical influence; highlighting that the military-civil fusion seeks global technological, economic and military dominance, urges the Commission and the Member States to reduce EU dependency on Chinese-controlled resources and infrastructure that pose security, intelligence and economic risks to Europe’s autonomy and strategic resilience; condemns China's revised National Defence Mobilisation Law, which came into effect on 1 October 2026 and brings all Chinese technology, data and software under direct authority of China's military leadership in the event of mobilisation; highlights the urgent need to de-risk critical ICT supply chains; (ac) confirm that the EU’s One China policy is the guiding framework for the EU’s foreign policy decisions as regards Taiwan and that the EU has never endorsed the One China Principle and opposes any provocation or unilateral attempt to violate the status quo by force or coercion, or against the will of the Taiwanese people; work with Member States and other democratic partners in the region on closer security coordination, including a continuous naval presence and joint exercises, to reinforce stability in the region; fulfil the pledge made by the Commission before Parliament to work towards deterring China from provoking or escalating tensions with Taiwan; make clear that the EU will continue to develop its relations with the island in a number of areas, while adhering to the EU’s longstanding One China policy and encouraging dialogue and constructive engagement across the Taiwan Strait; in this context, call on the United Nations to reject Chinese demands and grant Taiwanese passport holders – including tourists, journalists, NGO workers and political activists – access to tours and events in the