“They have only one goal, that is to sway the outcome of the presidential election.” Nigeria
The move is another coup for Beijing just weeks before it celebrates the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
Taiwan has been a de facto sovereign nation since the end of a civil war in 1949, but China still views the island as its territory and has vowed to seize it, by force if necessary. Beijing stepped up its campaign to diplomatically isolate Taiwan after Tsai’s 2016 election because she hails from a party that refuses to recognise the idea that the island is part of “one China”.
Seven states have now made the switch during Tsai’s tenure, during which China has also ramped up military drills and squeezed the island economically. Taiwan heads to the polls in January, with Tsai seeking a second term and relations with China dominating the campaign. “Timing is a factor here,” Alexander Huang, a professor of international relations at Taipei’s Tamkang University, told AFP, saying the upcoming 70th-anniversary celebrations and the looming elections had pushed Beijing to pursue fresh defections in the Pacific.
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