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This month Somaliland opened a diplomatic office in Taiwan. it's not the first time Somaliland established some sort of quasi-official diplomatic relationship with another state, we have seen this in Ethiopia, UAE, and even some western countries such as the UK and the US.
although I am not cognizant of the particulars of this relationship with Taiwan, whether its diplomatic office or simply a trading post, it's no secret that this clearly has made one of the world's superpowers rather irate!. CHINA. (obligatory trump China GIF)
Many Somalilanders perceive this as a serendipitous event that might invigorate the noble cause of "ictiraaf" or at least open a new economic gateway. However, others like myself are sceptical or rather optimistically concerned about China's fury!. This could put Somaliland on China's naughty boy list, something I would rather avoid runtii.
Late in august this year, China sent a mission to Somaliland with the promise of closer cooperation but I am not sure what transpired between Muuse Biixi and the Chinese. Could this be a negotiating tactic to secure a closer "partnership" with the Chinese? or simply the doings of "waanu dudnay ee hana loo sasabo" because of unfruitful negotiations in the past? My feeling is that it's probably a myopic and poorly thought-through move by our reigning president supreme Biixi and his band of inexperienced entourage!. or is it a 4D chess to kill the Somaliland dream!
TLDR; Somaliland's crouching camel policy might infuriate the Chinese dragon. or is it simply *"*Jiirna waa ka naf, bisadna waa ka ciyaar".
Sources
https://www.france24.com/en/20200909-somaliland-launches-representative-office-in-taiwan
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/07/china-worried-new-alliance-taiwan-somaliland/
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