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Formed | 1998 |
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Headquarters | Cape Town |
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Website | Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town |
The Taipei Liaison Office in Cape Town ( 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 Ying-li Chen. [1]
The Office has responsibility for the provinces of Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape, as well as Namibia. [3]
The Office was formerly the Consulate-General of the Republic of China. [4] However, when South Africa recognised the People's Republic of China, its diplomatic relations with Taiwan were terminated. [5] This led to the establishment of the Office in 1998. [6]
There is also a Taipei Liaison Office in the Republic of South Africa located in Pretoria, [7] which 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]