The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO),also known as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO),Taipei Representative Office (TRO) or Taipei Mission,is an alternative diplomatic institution serving as a de facto embassy or a consulate of the Republic of China to exercise the foreign affairs and consular services in specific countries which have established formal diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. As the PRC denies the legitimacy of the ROC as a sovereign state and claims the ROC-controlled territories as an integral part of its China. An exclusive mandate namely One-China policy,mandates any country that wishes to establish a diplomatic relationship with the PRC must first sever any formal relationship with the ROC. According to The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs,"non-recognition of the Taiwanese government is a prerequisite for conducting formal diplomatic relations with the PRC—in effect forcing other governments to choose between Beijing and Taipei." As a result,these countries only allow the ROC to establish representative offices instead of a fully-fledged embassy or consulate for the purpose of conducting practical bilateral relations without granting full diplomatic recognition.
Numerous states have ceased their diplomatic recognition of the Republic of China during the last 70 years,since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Under the One China policy,the ROC is recognized by 13 UN member states and Holy See with 58 UN member states and Somaliland maintaining unofficial cultural and economic relations.
Joseph Shih or Ting Joseph Shih is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician. He was the nation's representative to South Korea from 2014 to 2018,and the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Executive Yuan from 2013 to 2014.
The Apostolic Nunciature to China is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to the Republic of China. The Republic of China is now more commonly referred to as “Taiwan”. However,as far as the Vatican is concerned,the Republic of China is the state of “China”. The Holy See does not have a diplomatic mission in,or diplomatic relations with,the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Apostolic Nunciature to China is located at 7-1,Lane 265,Heping East Road Section 2,Daan District,Taipei.
The Taipei Representative Office in the UK is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the United Kingdom (UK). It is not a fully-fledged embassy owing to the ongoing Taiwan dispute and One-China policy. However,it is the highest-level representation of the ROC government in the United Kingdom. It manages cultural,economic and political cooperation between the UK and the ROC,as well as offering consular services. Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the British Office Taipei.
British Office Taipei,formerly British Trade and Cultural Office (BTCO),is the representative office of the United Kingdom Government in Taiwan with a principal role to promote the British trade and investment interests. It functions as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations between London and Taipei.
Liu Chih-kung is a Taiwanese diplomat.
The Taipei Representative Office in France;represents the interests of Taiwan in France in the absence of formal diplomatic relations,functioning as a de facto embassy. Its counterpart in Taiwan is the French Office in Taipei.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada,also called TECO Canada,is a trade office representing the interests of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Canada. Located in Ottawa,the office functions as a de facto embassy in the absence of formal diplomatic relations between Canada and Taiwan.
The Taipei Mission in Korea represents the interests of Taiwan in South Korea,functioning as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;represents the interests of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Saudi Arabia in the absence of formal diplomatic relations,functioning as a de facto embassy. In addition,it has responsibility for Taiwan's relations with Afghanistan,Djibouti,Ethiopia,Pakistan,Qatar and Sudan.
Sir Alan Stanley Collins,KCVO,CMG,is a retired British diplomat and former Consul General in New York City (2007–11),High Commissioner to Singapore (2003–07) and Ambassador to the Philippines (1998–2002).
Christopher Terence Wood,is a British diplomat serving as the British Consul General to Shanghai since 2019. His previous assignments included Representative,British Office Taipei from 2013 to 2016,Minister,British Embassy Beijing (2008–2012),Director for the Americas,Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2007–2008) and the British Consul-General to Guangzhou (2003–2006).
Jenny Polyxeni Bloomfield is the Australian Representative to Taiwan since February 1,2021,succeeding Gary Cowan. and was the Australian Ambassador to Greece from 2011 until 2014 with non-resident accreditation to Albania and Bulgaria. She is both the first woman and the first person of Greek descent to hold that position.
Taipei Representative Office in Finland is the de facto embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Finland. In Finnish it's officially called yhteystoimisto as the two countries does not have formal diplomatic ties.
The Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania is the representative office of Taiwan responsible for the development of relations with Lithuania. As Lithuania has not established official diplomatic relations with Taiwan,the mission does not have diplomatic status but can be considered as a de facto embassy. It is Taiwan's first representative office with "Taiwan" instead of "Taipei" in its title in a European country without official relations with Taiwan,and the first such office in the world that uses the adjective "Taiwanese".
National Dong Hwa University Chinese Language Center is one of the most distinguished programs for Chinese as a second language study in Taiwan,which is run by National Dong Hwa University (NDHU) in Hualien,Taiwan. In 2019,NDHU CLC's students achieved 100% pass rate in TOCFL. In 2021,NDHU CLC founded two oversea Chinese language school at universities in the United States.
International Journal of Taiwan Studies (IJTS) is a hybrid open access biannual peer-reviewed academic journal in English hosting by the Centre of Taiwan Studies,School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),University of London. This journal covers all aspects of Taiwan Studies,including social sciences,Taiwanese art,Taiwanese literature,culture of Taiwan,history of Taiwan and humanities,and interdisciplinary topics.It is published by Brill Publishers and cosponsored by Academia Sinica and the European Association of Taiwan Studies. Its Editor-in-Chief is Ming-Yeh Rawnsley. It is established in 2018 and abstracted and indexed by Scopus.
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