Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.

Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.
Agency overview
駐英國台北代表處

Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	50 Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW1W 0EB, Victoria, London
Agency executive	Liu Chih-kung^[1], Representative
Parent agency	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Website	Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.

The Taipei Representative Office in the U.K. (TRO; Chinese: 駐英國台北代表處; pinyin: Zhù Yīngguó Táiběi Dàibiǎo Chù) is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of China (ROC) in the United Kingdom (UK).^[2] 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.^[3] Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the British Office Taipei.^[4]

History

The Republic of China's former diplomatic mission to the UK was the Chinese Embassy, inherited from the former Qing Empire. After the Chinese revolution of 1949, for a short time the UK continued to recognise the government of Republic of China as the sole legitimate government of China, before switching recognition to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1950.^[5] The ROC office in London was first established in September 1963 as the Free Chinese Centre (自由中國中心).^[6] In 1992, it adopted its present name.^[7]

Organizational structure

Economic Division
Education Division
Press Division
Science and Technology Division
Overseas Compatriots Division
Financial Division
Consular Division

Representatives

Katharine Chang (2007–2011)
Shen Lyu-shun (15 December 2011 – 31 March 2014)
Liu Chih-kung (July 2014 –)

Transportation

The nearest station to the representative office is London Victoria station.

Branch offices

Edinburgh^[8]

Gallery

Plaque outside the office in Chinese and English

References

↑ Liu Chih-kung named as Taiwan's new representative to U.K., Focus Taiwan, May 20, 2014
↑ "Taiwan-UK relations". 30 August 2013.
↑ "Taiwan-UK relations". 30 August 2013.
↑ British Office Taipei
↑ "Taiwan-UK relations". 30 August 2013.
↑ The Cold War's Odd Couple: The Unintended Partnership Between the Republic of China and the UK, 1950–1958, Steven Tsang, I.B.Tauris, 2006, page 39
↑ Former diplomats to Great Britain remember Thatcher, The China Post, 10 April 2013
↑ Edinburgh Office, Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom

External links

Official site

Coordinates: 51°29′47″N 0°08′45″W / 51.49626°N 0.145969°W / 51.49626; -0.145969

Diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom

Africa	Algeria Angola Botswana Burundi Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Malawi Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

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Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Tonga

States with limited recognition	North Cyprus Palestine Taiwan

De facto independent states	Somaliland

British Overseas Territories	Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Gibraltar Montserrat Saint Helena

Other economies with their own representations	Hong Kong

International organisations	Arab League European Union International Organisation for Migration United Nations (UNHCR) (World Food Programme) World Bank

Diplomatic missions of the Republic of China

Africa	Algeria¹ ¹⁵ Angola¹ ¹⁰ Benin¹ ¹² Burundi¹ ¹⁰ Cameroon¹ ¹² Comoros¹ ¹⁰ Eritrea¹ ¹⁰ Gabon¹ ¹⁵ Gambia¹ ¹² Ghana¹ ¹² Lesotho¹ ¹⁰ Liberia¹ ¹² Libya¹ Malawi¹ ¹⁰ Mauritania¹ ¹⁵ Mauritius¹ ¹⁰ Madagascar¹ ¹⁰ Morocco¹ ¹⁵ Mozambique¹ ¹³ Namibia¹ ¹¹ Nigeria¹ Republic of Congo¹ ¹⁵ Réunion¹ ¹⁰ Rwanda¹ ¹⁰ Seychelles¹ ¹⁰ Sierra Leone¹ ¹² Somalia¹ ¹⁰ South Africa¹(Cape Town)¹ Swaziland Tanzania¹ ¹⁰ Tunisia¹ ¹⁵ Uganda¹ ¹⁰ Zambia¹ ¹⁰ Zimbabwe¹ ¹⁰

Americas	Argentina¹ Brazil¹ Canada¹ Colombia¹ Mexico¹ United States¹ Uruguay¹ ⁹ Venezuela¹ ¹⁴

Asia	Mainland China¹ (Hong Kong¹, Macau¹) Bangladesh¹ ² Bhutan¹ ² Cambodia¹ ⁵ East Timor¹ ⁶ India¹ (Chennai)¹ Indonesia¹ Japan¹ Laos¹ ⁴ Maldives)¹ ³ Malaysia¹ Mongolia¹ Myanmar¹ ¹⁰ Nepal¹ ² Philippines¹ Singapore¹ South Korea¹ Sri Lanka¹ ³ Thailand¹ Vietnam¹ (Ho Chi Minh City)¹

Europe	European Union¹ Andorra¹ ¹⁵ Austria¹ Belgium¹ Denmark¹ France¹ Germany¹ Iceland¹ ⁸ Italy¹ Luxembourg¹ ⁷ Monaco¹ ¹⁵ Netherlands¹ Norway¹ Portugal¹ Spain¹ Sweden¹ United Kingdom¹ Holy See

Oceania	Australia¹ New Zealand¹

¹ No diplomatic relations with Republic of China, functions as an informal diplomatic mission. ² Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India in New Delhi. ³ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Chennai. ⁴ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hanoi. ⁵ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City. ⁶ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Jakarta. ⁷ Responsibility of Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium in Brussels. ⁸ Responsibility of Taipei Representative Office in Denmark in Copenhagen. ⁹ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Buenos Aires. ¹⁰ Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Bangkok. ¹⁰ Responsibility of Taipei Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa in Pretoria. ¹¹ Responsibility of Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town. ¹² Responsibility of Trade Mission of the ROC in Abuja. ¹³ Responsibility of Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Mbabane. ¹⁴ Responsibility of Taipei Commercial Office in Bogotá. ¹⁵ Responsibility of Taipei Commercial Office in Paris.

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