China wins back Burkina Faso, urges Taiwan's last African ally to follow

China increased diplomatic pressure on Taiwan on Saturday by urging the self-ruled island’s last African ally, Swaziland, to align with Beijing as Burkina Faso re-established Chinese ties. Taiwan, which is claimed by China as its own, is Beijing’s most sensitive territorial issue. Beijing says Taiwan is merely a Chinese province, with no right to state-to-state relations. On Thursday, the West African state of Burkina Faso said it was severing ties with Taiwan, the second country in a month … READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2018/05/26/... Africanews on YouTube brings you a daily dose of news, produced and realised in Africa, by and for Africans. Africanews is the first pan-African multilingual media outlet, unique in its concept and vision. Subscribe on our Youtube channel    / africanews   and receive all the latest news from the continent. Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook :   / africanews.channel   Twitter :   / africanews