Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Peru

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Peru[lower-alpha 1] represents the interests of Taiwan in Peru, acting as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations.[3] The office is also accredited in Bolivia.[4]

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Peru
LocationLa Molina, Lima, Peru
AddressAv. Las Palmeras 301
OpeningMarch 1978 (1978-03)[1]
AmbassadorFrancisca Yu-Tsz Chang[2]
Jurisdiction Peru
 Bolivia
Websitewww.roc-taiwan.org/pe/

The office is responsible for promoting bilateral relations between Taiwan and Peru at various levels, as well as handling consular-related businesses and providing services for overseas Chinese and emergency assistance for foreigners.[3][5][6]

The representative office of the Peruvian government in Taiwan is the Commercial Office of Peru to Taipei.[lower-alpha 2][7]

History

Embassy of China, Lima (1880s–1971)
Not to be confused with Embassy of the People's Republic of China, Lima.

Peru established relations with the Qing dynasty with the signing of a treaty in Tianjin on June 26, 1874.[8][9] Peru's first Resident Ambassador was named the next year, assuming his duties on May 20, 1878, while the Chinese ambassador would only reach Peru in 1883, after the War of the Pacific.[8][10][11] In 1946, the Chinese mission's address was Jr. Ocoña 215 located at the Historic Centre of Lima.[12]

Then Chinese ambassador Liu Tsung-han made his last public appearance on November 1, 1971. The Central Chinese Welfare Society (Spanish: Sociedad Central de Beneficencia China) had organized a celebration honouring the 85th birthday of Chiang Kai-shek, with one hundred Chinese immigrants attending the party. By this point, the imminent recognition of the Beijing government by the military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado was well known, which caused a somber mood for those present.[13]

The official announcement of Peru's recognition of the People's Republic of China instead of the Republic of China was issued via a memo made public on November 2, 1972. In response, the Kuomintang ambassador left for Jorge Chávez International Airport on November 4, making a speech before departing to a crowd of several pro-Kuomintang Chinese denouncing the memo and announcing the cessation of diplomatic relations between both countries on the same day.[13]

Following Tsung-han's departure, other members of the diplomatic staff also left for Taiwan. On December 14, the Kuomintang's emblem was removed from the embassy,[13] then located on the 5th floor of Jr. Pablo Bermúdez 177,[14] and a group composed of Consul General Ding Zhan'ao and secretaries Cai Shuiliang and Wu Jixiong left for Taiwan on January 1, 1972. On the same day, Chinese associations in Lima celebrated the founding of the Republic of China, then still popular among the Chinese colony in Lima.[13]

The new embassy of the Beijing government would later open in February 1972.[15]

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (1978–present)

In 1978, the Republic of China established the Far East Trade Center in Peru in Lima.[16] A former location was located at Av. Benavides 1780.[17]

President Alberto Fujimori approved Supreme Executive Order No. RE014, agreeing to change the name of "Far East Trade Center" to "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Peru". On March 3, 1994, Peru established a "Taipei Trade Office" in Taiwan.[1]

See also

Notes
  1. Chinese: 駐秘魯臺北經濟文化辦事處; pinyin: Bìlǔ táiběi jīngjì wénhuà bànshì chù; Spanish: Oficina Económica y Cultural de Taipei en el Perú
  2. Spanish: Oficina Comercial del Perú en Taipei, also known as OCEX Taipéi

References
  1. "駐處與駐地關係" [Residency and Resident Relations [between the Republic of China and Peru]]. Portal of Republic of China (Taiwan) Diplomatic Missions.
  2. "Currículum Vitae de la Sra. Representante Francisca Yu-Tsz Chang". Oficina Económica y Cultural de Taipei en el Perú. 2021-12-24.
  3. "駐外館處" [Overseas Missions]. 中華民國外交部. Archived from the original on 2022-03-02.
  4. "駐館位置及聯絡資訊". 外交部領事事務局.
  5. "駐秘魯台北經濟文化辦事處簡介" [Introduction to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Peru]. 中華民國駐外單位聯合網站. 2018-04-05. Archived from the original on 2021-03-06.
  6. "領務" [Consular affairs]. 中華民國駐外單位聯合網站. 2021-03-06. Archived from the original on 2017-07-19.
  7. "INFORME DE GESTIÓN III TRIMESTRE OCEX TAIPÉI" (PDF). Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo.
  8. Chong Geng, Andrés Humberto (April 2003). "Breve historia de las relaciones sino-peruanas". China Today.
  9. "La inmigración china en el Perú (1850-1890)". Boletín de la Sociedad Peruana de Medicina Interna. 5 (3). 1992.
  10. Basadre 2014, p. 357.
  11. García Corrochano 2019, p. 61.
  12. Guía Azul (in Spanish). Ediciones Front. 1946. p. 268.
  13. Zhang 2022, p. 4.
  14. 國立政治大學校友通訊錄 (in Chinese). 國立政治大學校友會. 1964. p. 15.
  15. Wolfgang Bartke (1981). "The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of June 1981". news.xinhuanet.com. Instituts für Asienkunde. p. 110. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  16. "《中華民國103年外交年鑑》〈第二章 對外關係〉" [103 Years: Diplomatic Yearbook of the Republic of China (Chapter 2: Foreign Relations)] (PDF). 中華民國外交部. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-07.
  17. "Embajadas y consulados en Lima - Perú". MirafloresPerú.

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