The South China Morning Post published on 16 August 2020 an article titled "How Taiwan Found a New African Friend in Somaliland" by Sarah Zheng and Kinling Lo.
Since Taiwan and Somaliland exchanged "representative offices" in July China has demonstrated a great deal of interest in Somaliland. So long as Somaliland treats Taiwan as a business partner rather than a political partner, Hargeisa could parlay this situation to its economic advantage.
