Taiwan has issued an official protest against what it says is a "unilateral" change to the name of its representative office in Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa. Originally called the "Taipei Liaison Office," it's now listed as the "Taipei Commercial Office" on a South African government website.
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00:00Taiwan is protesting the, quote, unilateral change of its representative office's name
00:05in South Africa, calling the country's decision to side with China a blow to democracy.
00:11Originally called the Taipei Liaison Office, South Africa has renamed Taiwan's diplomatic
00:17mission in Pretoria to the Taipei Commercial Office on a government website.
00:22South Africa had previously asked Taiwan to rename and relocate the office.
00:27Taipei has requested official negotiations to handle the issue, but those have not taken
00:32place.