BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China resumed ties with former Taiwan ally Gambia on Thursday, ending an unofficial diplomatic truce between China and Taiwan following January's landslide election of the leader of a pro-independence party as the self-ruled island's president.
The small West African state was one of a few African countries, along with Burkina Faso, Swaziland and Sمo Tomé and Prيncipe, to recognise Taiwan, which China regards as a wayward province to be recovered by force if necessary.
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