{"id":159380,"date":"2026-10-27T21:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159380"},"modified":"2026-10-27T21:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T21:30:07","slug":"for-its-autocratic-african-ally-taiwan-bites-its-tongue-and-opens-its-wallet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159380","title":{"rendered":"For its autocratic African ally, Taiwan bites its tongue and opens its wallet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostEswatini probably does not register on most people\u2019s mental maps. Its relatively recent name might sound unfamiliar as many people still know it as Swaziland.<br \/>\nThat it demands attention from pundits like yours truly has much to do with it being the only African country that still formally recognises Taiwan. It is also the continent\u2019s only absolute monarchy. The two facts are closely connected. Recognising Taipei makes little sense when every one of eSwatini\u2019s neighbours recognises Beijing, but it&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3372115\/its-autocratic-african-ally-taiwan-bites-its-tongue-and-opens-its-wallet\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostEswatini probably does not register on most people\u2019s mental maps. Its relatively recent name might sound unfamiliar as many people still know it as&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159380"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}