January 26, 2017

"Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Alpha Barry recently said to the media, 'We get outrageous proposals telling us, if you sign with Beijing, we'll offer you $50 billion or even more.'  He then explained that he refused the offer because 'Taiwan is our friend and our partner. We're happy and we see no reason to reconsider the relationship.'

Any rational thinking person would believe that Burkina Faso's foreign minister was saying 'nothing short of ludicrous.' Burkina Faso is listed as one of the 10 Least Developed Countries in the world, according to the United Nations. The landlocked country in western Africa has a small population of 17 million, and a backward economy of $11.2 billion GDP a year.

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