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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 (ROC, commonly referred to as Taiwan) to exercise the foreign affairs and consular services in specific ...
Prior to 1979, the Republic of China (Taiwan) was represented in Washington by its embassy, occupying the building now used by Haiti. [2] After the transfer of recognition to the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China was no longer recognized by the United States, and therefore no longer entitled to use the former embassy, with its diplomatic mission replaced by the current Taipei ...
Since August 2020, the office is headed by a director-general, currently Ming-Chi Scott Lai, who previously served as director-general of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston. [6] In 2023, TECO San Francisco purchased a brand new seven-story building at 345 4th Street, and it was purchased for $52.8 million. [7]
Consular district of TECO Los Angeles. Following the signing of the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China which resulted in the United States terminating diplomatic relations with the Republic of China, the consulate of the Republic of China in Los Angeles was closed on 28 February 1979.
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston was established on October 23, 1982 [4] [5] (also noted as November 10, 1982 [6]). On October 10, 1994, it was renamed the Coordination Council for North American Affairs in Boston. [7] Its consular district covers Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Rhode Island. [8]
Greenway Plaza, the complex which contains the office Culture Center of TECO in Houston. The mission serves Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. [7] The office sponsors cultural exhibits such as the 2009 "Nation of Splendor: Taiwan, the Republic of China," which was hosted at 2 Allen Center in Downtown Houston. [8]
Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office in Taiwan. The de facto diplomatic mission is placed administratively under the Mainland Affairs Council , Executive Yuan , but it also houses departments that serve as outposts of the National Immigration Agency and the Bureau of Consular Affairs ( Ministry of ...
Pages in category "Taipei Economic and Cultural Offices" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. ... Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India;