The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia (TECO; Chinese: 駐澳大利亞代表處; pinyin: Zhù Àodàlìyǎ Dàibiǎo Chù) represents interests of Taiwan in Australia in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.[3]
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia 駐澳大利亞代表處
Agency overview
Formed
1988 (as Taiwan Marketing Services)[1] 1991 (as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office)[1]
It was established in 1988 as the "Taiwan Marketing Service" office, before becoming the "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office" in 1991, along with the "Far East Trading Company" offices in Sydney and Melbourne, established in 1979.[1] An unofficial organization known as the Australia-Free China Society, headed by New South WalesMPDouglas Darby, also represented Taiwan in Australia from 1974.[4]
^Australian office renamed, Taipei Times, 30 May 2012
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Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia
January 01, 1970
taipei, economic, cultural, office, australia, teco, chinese, 駐澳大利亞代表處, pinyin, zhù, Àodàlìyǎ, dàibiǎo, chù, represents, interests, taiwan, australia, absence, formal, diplomatic, relations, functioning, facto, embassy, 駐澳大利亞代表處agency, overviewformed1988, taiw. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia TECO Chinese 駐澳大利亞代表處 pinyin Zhu Aodaliyǎ Daibiǎo Chu represents interests of Taiwan in Australia in the absence of formal diplomatic relations functioning as a de facto embassy 3 Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia駐澳大利亞代表處Agency overviewFormed1988 as Taiwan Marketing Services 1 1991 as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office 1 Jurisdiction Australia Tuvalu Nauru Solomon IslandsHeadquartersBarton Canberra CanberraAgency executiveDouglas Yu tien Hsu zh Representative 2 WebsiteTaipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia The Office is headed by a Representative currently Elliott Charng 2 Its head office is in Canberra but it also has branch offices in Sydney Melbourne and Brisbane 3 It was established in 1988 as the Taiwan Marketing Service office before becoming the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in 1991 along with the Far East Trading Company offices in Sydney and Melbourne established in 1979 1 An unofficial organization known as the Australia Free China Society headed by New South Wales MP Douglas Darby also represented Taiwan in Australia from 1974 4 Its counterpart in Taiwan is the Australian Office in Taipei formerly the Australian Commerce and Industry Office 5 Contents 1 Organizational structures 2 Missions and consular districts 3 List of representatives 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksOrganizational structures editPublic Affairs Division Cultural Division Economic Division Information Division Science and Technology DivisionMissions and consular districts edit nbsp Missions Consular districts Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia Australian Capital Territory Jervis Bay Territory Western Australia Shire of Cocos Keeling Islands Shire of Christmas Island Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Brisbane Queensland Northern Territory Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Melbourne Victoria South Australia Tasmania Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Sydney New South Wales Norfolk Island List of representatives editTimothy Yang 2000 2005 Katharine Chang December 2011 31 December 2014 David Lee 1 January 2015 William Lin acting October 2016 citation needed Elliott Charng October 2016 August 2023 2 Douglas Yu tien Hsu zh August 2023 See also editAustralia Taiwan relationsReferences edit a b c Australia and China Partners in Asia Colin Mackerras Macmillan Education 1996 page 33 a b c About the Representative a b Organisation of TECO Archived 22 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Love hate with Taiwan Sydney Morning Herald March 12 1974 page 4 Australian office renamed Taipei Times 30 May 2012External links editTaipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia amp oldid 1190129917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
