SAO TOME (Reuters) - China plans to open a trade mission to promote projects in Sao Tome and Principe, 16 years after it broke off relations over the tiny Central African island nation's diplomatic recognition of Taiwan, Sao Tome officials said.
The former Portuguese colony is among a few African nations, along with Burkina Faso, Swaziland and The Gambia, that recognise self-ruled Taiwan, which China regards as a renegade province to be recovered by force if necessary.
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