TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan needs to protect its international space as its diplomatic position is precarious, president-elect Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday after China resumed ties with former Taiwan ally Gambia and anger over the move grew in the self-ruled island.
The small West African state was one of only 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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