Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town

Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town
駐開普敦台北聯絡辦事處

Agency overview
Formed	1998
Jurisdiction	South Africa (provinces of Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape)  Namibia
Headquarters	Cape Town
Agency executive	Liu Keh-yue, Representative[1]
Website	Taipei Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa

The Taipei Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa (Chinese: 駐開普敦台北聯絡辦事處; pinyin: Zhù Kāi Pǔ Dūn Táiběi Liánluò Dàibiǎo Chù) represents the interests of Taiwan in South Africa in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto consulate. Its counterpart in Taiwan is the Liaison Office of the Republic of South Africa in Taipei.^[2]

The Office is headed by a Representative, currently Liu Keh-yue.^[1]

It has responsibility for the interests of Taiwan in the Office has responsibility for the provinces of Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape, as well as Namibia.^[3]

There is also a Taipei Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa in Pretoria.^[4] This has responsibility for the rest of South Africa, as well as Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Réunion, Comoros, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea, Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho.^[3]

The Office was formerly the Consulate-General of the Republic of China.^[5] However, when South Africa recognised the People's Republic of China, its diplomatic relations with Taiwan were terminated.^[6] This led to the establishment of the Office in 1998.^[7]

See also

• List of diplomatic missions in South Africa
• South Africa–Taiwan relations

References

External links

• Taipei Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa

Diplomatic missions of the Republic of China
Africa	Libya1 Nigeria1 South Africa1(Cape Town)1 Swaziland 10
Americas	Argentina1 Brazil1 Canada1 Colombia1 Mexico1 United States1 Houston
Asia	Mainland China1 (Hong Kong1, Macau1) India1 (Chennai)1 Indonesia1 Japan1 Malaysia1 Mongolia1 Philippines1 Saudi Arabia1 Singapore1 South Korea1 Thailand1 Turkey1 Vietnam1 (Ho Chi Minh City)1
Europe	European Union1 Austria1 Belgium1 Denmark1 France1 Germany1 Holy See Italy1 Netherlands1 Norway1 Portugal1 Spain1 Sweden1 United Kingdom1
Oceania	Australia1 New Zealand1
1 No diplomatic relations with Republic of China, functions as an informal diplomatic mission. 5 Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ho Chi Minh City. 6 Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Jakarta. 7 Responsibility of Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium in Brussels. 8 Responsibility of Taipei Representative Office in Denmark in Copenhagen. 9 Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Buenos Aires. 10 Responsibility of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Bangkok. 10 Responsibility of Taipei Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa in Pretoria.