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The African nation of Malawi has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of relations with China. In a press conference in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, Foreign Affairs Minister Joyce Banda confirmed that her nation was breaking its 42-year relationship.

"The Government of the Republic of Malawi recognizes that there is but one China in the world, the Government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China," she said.

China and Taiwan split amid civil war in 1949. Since then they have engaged in an all-out contest to win diplomatic-allegiance from countries around the world.

Via AP