China urges citizens to evacuate Taiwan’s last friend in Africa

China is urging its citizens to evacuate Eswatini and warning others not to visit the tiny African kingdom over what it said were safety concerns and scamming risks in Taiwan’s last remaining diplomatic partner on the continent.In a post on WeChat, the Department of Consular Affairs of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs described Eswatini’s security situation as “complex,” with crimes involving online fraud and illegal gambling “rampant” and public-security and safety risk “extremely high.”“Chinese citizens and institutions currently in the country are urged to evacuate or relocate to relatively safer areas — such as South Africa — as soon as possible,” according to the WeChat post. “Those who insist on traveling to or remaining in the country will face extremely high security risks, and