The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), sometimes known as Taipei Representative Offices, are de facto embassies and consulates of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in countries that do not have official relations with the ROC because of relations with the People's Republic of China, but have nevertheless established trade and "cultural" relationships. These establishments use the term "Taipei" instead of "Taiwan" or "ROC" since the term "Taipei" avoids implying that Taiwan is a different country or that there are "Two Chinas". National motto: None Official language Mandarin Chinese Capital and largest city Taipei President Chen Shui-bian Premier Frank Hsieh Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 138th 35,980 km² 2. ...

By calling these offices TECRO, the ROC gets around the diplomatic language surrounding recognition by these states that the PRC is the One China by stating that their aim is to "with the aim to promote bilateral trade, investment, culture, science and technology exchanges and cooperation, as well as better understanding", rather than diplomatically represent the ROC abroad. The One-China policy (Chinese: 一個中國) is the principle that there is one China and both mainland China and Taiwan are part of that China. ...

Despite its name, TECRO does everything that a normal embassy or consulate would do, like issuing visas. Offices from other countries, such as the American Institute in Taiwan or the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei, are similarly established in Taiwan. A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ... The term Consulate can refer to: the office or the period in office of a consul a diplomatic consulate the French Consulate which governed between 1799 and 1804 a brand of menthol cigarettes Consulate This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) serves as the de facto embassy of the United States in the Republic of China on Taiwan. ... The Canadian Trade Office in Taipei (CTOT) is Canadas representation in the Republic of China (Taiwan). ...

While Hong Kong is now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, it also represents its own interests abroad by establishing Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (HKETOs), which also process visas for Hong Kong, although PRC Embassies also do this in countries where there is no HKETO. A Special Administrative Region (SAR) (Simplified Chinese: 特别行政区; Traditional Chinese: 特別行政區; pinyin: tèbié xíngzhèngqū; Cantonese IPA: /tɐk6piːt6 hɐŋ4tsɪŋ3kʰɵy1/; Jyutping: dak6bit6 hang4zing3keoi1; Yale: dahkbiht hàhngjingkeūi) is a political subdivision of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) is the representation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China abroad. ...

See also

• Foreign relations of Taiwan
• Political status of Taiwan
• Chinese Taipei

This article is about the foreign relations of the Republic of China on Taiwan. ... Taiwan Strait Area The political status of Taiwan is a controversy over whether Taiwan, including the Pescadores (Penghu), should remain the effective territory of the Republic of China (ROC), become unified with the territories now governed by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), or become the Republic of Taiwan. ...

External links

• TECO in Canada
• TECRO in U.S.
• TECRO in Japan (Japanese)
• TRO in UK
• TECO in Australia