China Offered Somaliland More Than a Quarter of a Billion Dollars to Drop Taiwan. Somaliland Said No.

China Offered Somaliland More Than a Quarter of a Billion Dollars to Drop Taiwan. Somaliland Said No.

Getting to Somaliland used to be simple. Then Somaliland refused more than a quarter of a billion dollars to drop Taiwan, and the routes began closing. Mogadishu extended an air defense identification zone over the whole territory, then built a visa system that barred Taiwanese passports, then Israeli ones, then anyone not born in Somalia. No warship was involved. Americans, Israelis and Taiwanese now fly into a small Ethiopian town of about 200…

China Offered Somaliland More Than A Quarter Of A Billion Dollars To Drop Taiwan, Somaliland Said No

Getting to Somaliland used to be simple. Then Somaliland refused more than a quarter of a billion dollars to drop Taiwan, and the routes began closing. Mogadishu extended an air defense identification zone over the whole territory, then built a visa system that barred Taiwanese passports, then Israeli ones, then anyone not born in Somalia. No warship was involved. Americans, Israelis and Taiwanese now fly into a small Ethiopian town of about 200…