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Republic of China
Countries with embassies of Taiwan
Countries with Representative Offices of Taiwan
The diplomatic missions of Taiwan include embassies and representative offices. Due to its unique political status , the Republic of China (Taiwan) only maintains a handful of full-fledged diplomatic missions abroad. Notably, the Republic of China is one of the few countries in the world that has resident embassies in all of the countries with which it has diplomatic relations.
In countries with which the ROC does not have diplomatic relations, semi-official intermediary bodies, whose heads are nonetheless appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, are maintained for routine matters that would otherwise be handled by embassies or consulates, such as passport and visa issuance, public affairs, economic, cultural, and educational cooperation, etc. These offices are usually titled "Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office " or "Taipei Representative Office ". Owing to the One-China policy practised by the international community, no countries allow semi-official Taiwanese missions to operate under the country's official name, the only exception being Fiji . In turn, many countries maintain missions in Taipei , such as the American Institute in Taiwan , which function as de facto embassies .
Taiwan is represented in an unofficial capacity in the two Special Administrative Regions of China . In Hong Kong the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Hong Kong provides a limited range of services on behalf of the Taiwanese government, working strictly in an unofficial capacity.[ 1] When Hong Kong was under British administration , the service was managed by Taiwan's foreign ministry , but since the handover in 1997, it has been administered by the Mainland Affairs Council .[ 2] In Macau, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau works under a similar remit. In addition, under a mechanism established in 2010, governments of Taiwan and Hong Kong engage through representation by the Taiwan-Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Co-operation Council (ECCC) and Hong Kong-Taiwan Economic and Cultural Co-operation and Promotion Council (ECCPC) respectively.[ 3]
Africa
Embassy of the Republic of China in Swaziland
Americas
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States in Washington, D.C.
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston , Texas
Asia
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan .
Country
City
Name of diplomatic missions
Bahrain
Manama
Taipei Trade Office in the Kingdom of Bahrain
Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Brunei Darussalam
People's Republic of China
Hong Kong
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong
Macau
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau
India
New Delhi
Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India
Chennai
Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Chennai
Indonesia
Jakarta
Taipei Economic and Trade Office, Jakarta, Indonesia
Surabaya
Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Surabaya
Israel
Tel Aviv
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Tel Aviv
Japan
Tokyo
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan
Fukuoka
Fukuoka Branch, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Osaka
Naha
Naha Branch, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Japan
Osaka
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Osaka
Sapporo
Sapporo Branch, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan
Yokohama
Yokohama Branch, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan
Jordan
Amman
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Amman[ 4]
South Korea
Seoul
Taipei Mission in Korea
Busan
Taipei Mission in Korea, Busan Office
Kuwait
Kuwait City
Taipei Commercial Representative Office in the State of Kuwait
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia
Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Taipei Trade and Economic Representative Office in Ulaanbaatar
Myanmar
Yangon
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Myanmar
Oman
Muscat
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Muscat, Oman
Philippines
Manila
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Singapore
Taipei Representative Office in Singapore
Thailand
Bangkok
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand
Turkey
Ankara
Taipei Economic and Cultural Mission in Ankara , Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Dubai
Commercial Office of Taipei to Dubai
Vietnam
Hanoi
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Ho Chi Minh City
Europe
Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the Holy See
Taipei Representative Office in the Netherlands
Taipei Representative Office in France
Oceania
Multilateral organizations
Organization
City
Name of diplomatic missions
European Union
Brussels
Taipei Representative Office in the European Union and Belgium
World Trade Organization
Geneva
Permanent Mission of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu to the World Trade Organization
See also
Notes
^ The embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome, in a country which the ROC's government is not recognized
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