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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 ...
Mision Consular district; Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan Tokyo Prefecture, Aomori Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Akita Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Nigata Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture [5]
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]
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 ]
The diplomatic missions in Taiwan include embassies; trade and cultural missions include representative offices. Due to the special political status and One-China policy, Taiwan is only recognized by twelve countries, all of whom have embassies in Taipei.
Consular district of TECO Honolulu. 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 Honolulu was closed on 28 February 1979.
Its counterpart in Japan is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan, formerly the office of the Association of East Asian Relations (1972–1992). It has two offices in Taipei and Kaohsiung. The Taipei office, located at 28 Ching Cheng Street, functions as the de facto embassy in Taiwan and houses the Japanese Cultural ...