Focus Taiean
Date: 08/20/2020
By: Emerson Lim

MOFA spokesperson Joanne Ou (歐江安) showing a map of East Africa, highlighting Somaliland.
On Monday, Taiwan opened a representative office in Somaliland, a self-declared state in East Africa, in fulfillment of an agreement signed between Taiwan and Somaliland in February.
However, the development has attracted the ire of China, which sees Taiwan as its territory, and Somalia, which has a similar view of Somaliland.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian (趙立堅) on Wednesday slammed the opening of the Taiwan Representative Office in Somaliland as promoting secessionism.
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