Taiwan mulls chip restrictions amid South Africa name change row – Focus Taiwan

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1. Taiwan is considering restricting semiconductor exports to South Africa in response to what it described as a “crude” downgrade of its diplomatic presence in the country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday.

   To “safeguard national sovereignty and dignity, we are discussing countermeasures with relevant government agencies, including restricting chip exports to South Africa,” Philippe Yen (顏嘉良), director-general for MOFA’s Department of West Asian and African Affairs, said at a news briefing.

   The potential countermeasure was put forth after South Africa issued an official notice on July 21, formalizing the renaming of Taiwan’s two missions as the “Taipei Commercial Office in Johannesburg” and the “Taipei Commercial Office in Cape Town.”

   In its notice, the South African government cited its “one China” policy and United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 to justify renaming and downgrading Taiwan’s offices in Pretoria and Cape Town.

2. At some point Taiwan is going to have to admit that it’s…Taiwan, and then we can actually move forward on this process.

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