Chinese spokesman welcomes rupture of Bahamas-Taiwan ties

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    BBC Monitoring Selected Reports: Bahamas (Bahamas), May 21, 1997 Asia Pacific - Political, 1pp
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    • Abstract:
      Text of report by Xinhua news agency Beijing, 21st May: A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry welcomed today the Bahamas' decision to sever "diplomatic relations" with Taiwan and to establish diplomatic ties with the PRC [People's Republic of China]. Recently, Janet Bostwick, minister of foreign affairs of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, issued a statement to the news media concerning the Bahamas establishing diplomatic relations with the PRC and cancelling its "recognition" of Taiwan [Chinese: che xiao dui tai wan "cheng ren" 2327 3194 1417 0669 3494 2110 6126]...