China blamed for severing of ties with Sao Tome

Taiwan's Presidential Office on Wednesday accused China of using Sao Tome and Principe's financial woes to promote its one-China principle after the small west African state announced earlier that it was severing diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).

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