Australian Office in Taipei
{{Short description|Representative of Australia in Taiwan}}
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|agency_name = Australian Office in Taipei
|nativename = 澳洲辦事處
|logo = President International Tower 20080120.jpg
|logo_width = 250px
|logo_caption = Australian Office in Taipei at the Uni-President International Tower
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|formed = {{bulleted list|1981
{{small|(as Australian Commerce and Industry Office)}}|2012
{{small|(as Australian Office in Taipei)}}{{cite news |author= |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/print/2012/05/30/2003534092 |title=Australian office renamed |work=Taipei Times |date=30 May 2012 |access-date= }}}}
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|jurisdiction = {{TWN}}
|headquarters = Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan
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|chief1_name = Gary Cowan
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Representative{{cite web|url=http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3219585|date=27 July 2017|first1=Keoni|last1=Everington|title=Taiwan's 'New Southbound Policy' and Australia|publisher=Taiwan News|access-date=29 July 2017}}
|parent_agency = Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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|website = [http://www.australia.org.tw/tpei/home.html Australian Office Taipei]
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The Australian Office in Taipei ({{zh|t=澳洲辦事處|p=Àozhōu Bànshì Chù}}) represents Australian interests in Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.{{cite web |url=http://dfat.gov.au/about-us/our-locations/missions/pages/the-australian-office-in-taipei.aspx |title=The Australian Office in Taipei |work=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |publisher=Australian Government |date= |access-date= }} The Office is headed by a Representative.
Its counterpart in Australia is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia in Canberra.{{cite web |url=http://www.mofa.gov.tw/EnMobile/OverseasOffice_Detail.aspx?s=8A6B382101CB1FC2 |title=Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia |publisher= |date= |access-date= }}
History
Before 1972, Australia recognised Taiwan as the "Republic of China", and had an embassy in Taipei, opened in 1966.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NtpUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7152%2C2560596 |title=Whitlam hasn't dumped Taiwan |author=-Grant, Bruce |author-link=Bruce Grant (writer) |work=The Age |date=14 July 1971 |page=5 |access-date= }} In 1972, diplomatic relations were ended following the decision of the government of
Gough Whitlam to recognise the People's Republic of China.{{cite web |url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/taiwan/taiwan_brief.html |title=Taiwan country brief] |work=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |publisher=Australian Government |date= |access-date= }}
An unofficial organisation known as the Australia-Free China Society, established an office in 1974 to provide services for Australians visiting Taiwan, headed by Lu Chen-kai, Secretary-General of the Sino-Australian Cultural and Economic Association in Taipei.{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_UiAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Sino-Australian+Cultural+and+Economic+Association%22 |title=Free China Review |journal=Sino-Australian Cultural and Economic Association |volume=24-25 |publisher=W. Y. Tsao |year=1974 |page=4 |language= |issn= }} In Australia, Douglas Darby, a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly, President of the Australia-Free China Society, represented Taiwan in Australia.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G_tjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p-UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=922%2C4317909 |title=Love-hate with Taiwan |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 March 1974 |page=4 }}
In 1981, The Australian Commerce and Industry Office under the Australian Chamber of Commerce was established in Taipei, which acted as an unofficial representative.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9UKL7t8BAGYC&dq=%22Australian+Commerce+and+Industry+Office%22+established+1981&pg=PA244 |title=The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate: 1962-1983 |author=Millar, Ann |publisher=UNSW Press |location=Sydney |year=2000 |page=244 |isbn= 9780868409962}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNGzAAAAIAAJ&q=%22australian+commerce+and+industry+office%22+taipei+market |title=Prospects for Australian Seafood Exports: A Case Study of the Taiwanese Market |author=Tull, Malcolm |publisher=Asia Research Centre on Social, Political, and Economic Change, Murdoch University |location=Melbourne |year=1993 |page=10 |isbn= 9780869053010}} The office adopted its present name in 2012.
The Visa and Citizenship Office in Seoul, Korea manages visa services for applicants in Taiwan.{{cite web |url=http://www.australia.org.tw/tpei/Visas_and_Migration.html |title=Visas and migration |publisher=Australian Office |date= |access-date= }}
List of representatives
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official|http://www.australia.org.tw/tpei/home.html}}
{{Lists of heads of Australian diplomatic missions}}
{{Diplomatic missions of Australia}}
{{Diplomatic missions in the Republic of China}}
{{Xinyi Special District}}
Category:Representative Offices in Taipei
Category:Australia–Taiwan relations