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Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau 臺北經濟文化辦事處
Dynasty Plaza which houses the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau
Address	Sé, Macau, China
Coordinates	22°11′24″N 113°32′56″E / 22.19000°N 113.54889°E / 22.19000; 113.54889
Opening	1989 (as Taipei Trade and Tourism Office in Macau) 19 July 2011 (as TECO)
Jurisdiction	Macau
Website	Official website (in Chinese)

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau (TECO; Chinese: 臺北經濟文化辦事處; pinyin: Táiběi Jīngjì Wénhuà Bànshìchù) is the representative office of the Republic of China in Macau. Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the Macau Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan.

The office is located at Dynasty Plaza building in Sé.

History

Until 1967, the Republic of China was represented in Portuguese Macau by the Special Commissariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China. However, following the 12-3 incident in 1966, the Portuguese government agreed to close it down, as well as ban all pro-Kuomintang activities. As a result, the opening of the then Taipei Trade and Tourism Office prompted concerns from the local branch of the Xinhua News Agency, the People's Republic of China's de facto mission in Macau, which threatened to protest to the Macau authorities "if anything went wrong".

In 1989, the Taipei Trade and Tourism Office was opened. In 1999, it was renamed to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Macau (Chinese: 臺北經濟文化中心; pinyin: Táiběi Jīngjì Wénhuà Zhōngxīn). In 2011, it was then renamed to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Macau.

In September 2022, SCMP reported that the government of Macau would stop renewing visas to employees of the office from Taiwan unless they signed a pledge recognizing the one-China principle, similar to what the Hong Kong government had earlier asked Taiwan to do at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong. Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said the pledge was not part of a 2011 agreement between the governments of Taiwan and Macau, and therefore would not sign the pledge. Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council owns the Sun Yat Sen Memorial House in Macau, and has anticipated that Beijing will seize the property if no employees from Taiwan are allowed in Macau.

Opening

The official opening of the office under its new current name was unveiled on 19 July 2011 by the Minister of Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China Lai Shin-yuan. The renaming however was done prior to the official office launch under the new name on 4 July 2011.

Transportation

In the future, the office will be served from Jardim das Artes Station of the Macau LRT.

See also

• Cross-Strait relations
• Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong
• List of diplomatic missions of Taiwan
• One-China policy

References

1. "Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Macao". Boca.gov.tw. 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
2. Macao in Sino-Portuguese Relations, Moisés Silva Fernandes, in Portuguese Studies Review, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2009, page 155
3. Macao Locals Favor Portuguese Rule, Sam Cohen, The Observer in Sarasota Herald-Tribune, June 2, 1974, page 4H
4. Daily Report: People's Republic of China, Issues 22-28, National Technical Information Service, 1990, page 58
5. "MAC minister launches renamed Taiwan office in Macau". Taiwan Today. 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
6. ^ "Taipei office in Macau may lose Taiwan staff in row over 'one China'". South China Morning Post. 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
7. Internet Team. "MAC minister launches renamed Taiwan office in Macau - Press Releases - Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles 駐洛杉磯台北經濟文化辦事處". taiwanembassy.org. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-22.

External links

• Official website (in Chinese)

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