Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Holy See instead recognizes the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the representative of China ever since the establishment of relations with the ROC government in 1942. Relations between the Holy See and the PRC have been strained over various issues, especially the Chinese Communist Party 's (CCP) policy of restricting religious activities and ...
[note 5] The Holy See is the only European subject of international law that has diplomatic relations with the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) as representing China, [44] [45] rather than the government of the People's Republic of China (see Holy See–Taiwan relations).
Name Name in Chinese Nationality Assumed office Presentation of credentials Left office Antonio Riberi [2]: 黎培理 Lí Péilǐ Monaco 6 July 1946: 28 December 1946 [3]: 1951 The Apostolic Nunciature to China was relocated to Taiwan in 1952 after the People's Republic of China broke off diplomatic ties with the Holy See.
The Holy See currently has diplomatic relations with 183 sovereign states [45] (including the partially internationally recognized Republic of China) and, in addition, with the sovereign entity Order of Malta and the supranational union European Union. [46] The Holy See also has established official diplomatic relations with the State of ...
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, Da'an District, Taipei.
Name Start date End date Notes Hsieh Shou-Kang []: January 1943 September 1946 WU Ching-hsiung: September 1946 July 1949 Chu Ying July 1949 October 1954
The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the Holy See (Chinese: 中華民國駐教廷大使館) is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of China (also known as Taiwan) accredited to the Holy See, one of its few de jure embassies in the world, and the only one remaining in Europe. [2]
Officially, the Holy See has maintained relations with "China" since 23 October 1942, but does not strictly clarify which government it considers to be "China." [1] Unofficially, the Holy See views the Republic of China as the representative government, [2] and maintains diplomatic relations with the ROC, [3] [4] with an embassy in Taipei. [5]