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Taiwanese diplomacy faces an awkward commercial challenge. Stripped of the warm words and diplomatic ambiguities, it is clear that Taipei's biggest trading partners no longer recognise Taiwan as an independent state distinct from the People's Republic of China....

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China, Mauricio Funes, El Salvador, Nigeria, South Africa, Angola, Burkina Faso, Tao Wen-Lung, Mamadou Sanou, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya, Nicholas Lee, Institut Supérieur d'Informatique et de Gestion de Ouagadougou