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South Africa Row Highlights Taiwan’s Absence in Africa

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Earlier this year, South Africa demanded Taiwan move its unofficial embassy out of the African country's administrative capital, Pretoria, in a move largely seen as appeasing South Africa's largest trading partner, China, which claims Taiwan as its territory. On this episode of Zoom In Zoom Out, TaiwanPlus reporter Chris Gorin sits down with Eric Olander, co-founder of the China-Global South Project. We first zoom in on the latest developments in the story of Taipei’s office in Pretoria, then zoom out to contextualize Africa’s relationships with China and the U.S.