Due to China's checkbook diplomacy, only one African country recognises and maintain ties with Taiwan as an independent nation. Burkina Faso cut ties with Taiwan last year, a deeply felt divorce as she opted for China, leaving only Eswatini (Swaziland) as her only ally in Africa

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