21.   Visiting China for the first time since his country switched recognition from Taiwan, Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham arrived in Beijing Thursday amid Chinese calls for closer ties.

22.   In a major policy switch, Taiwan said Tuesday that it would not seek to cut official ties with South Africa if Pretoria switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing.

23.   In a surprise announcement, President Nelson Mandela said Wednesday that South Africa will cut its ties with Taiwan and switch diplomatic recognition to mainland China.

24.   In a surprise announcement, President Nelson Mandela announced Wednesday that South Africa will cut its ties with Taiwan and switch diplomatic recognition to mainland China.

25.   In January, Senegal switched diplomatic recognition from Beijing to Taipei.

26.   China dealt Taiwan a major blow last month when South Africa agreed to switch its recognition from Taipei to Beijing.

27.   Despite that development, South African President Nelson Mandela has said that his government will not switch diplomatic recognition to Beijing.

28.   During the talks Sanchez stressed that his country has no plans to switch recognition to Taiwan, the official news agency reported.

29.   The recent decision by South Africa to switch recognition from Taipei to Beijing prompted speculation that other countries might follow suit.

30.   The United States has had not diplomatic ties with Taiwan since it switched recognition to mainland China, which claims the nationalist island as a renegade province.