South Africa renews demand that Taiwan relocate its de facto embassy

South Africa has renewed its demand that Taiwan move its de facto embassy out of the country’s administrative capital, Pretoria.

The Taiwanese foreign ministry on Sunday night said it had been given an end of March deadline to relocate, and that the embassy would be renamed as a “trade office”.

The ministry blames Chinese pressure for the move, saying it shows Beijing’s “suppression against South Africa is becoming more…