Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.
The Taipei Representative Office in the U.K. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of China in the United Kingdom. It is not a fully-fledged embassy owing to the ongoing Taiwan dispute and One-China policy. However, it is the highest-level representation of the ROC government in the United Kingdom. It manages cultural, economic and political cooperation between the UK and the ROC, as well as offering consular services. Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the British Office Taipei.History
The Republic of China's former diplomatic mission to the UK was the Chinese Embassy, inherited from the former Qing Empire. After the Chinese Civil War of 1949, for a short time the UK continued to recognise the government of Republic of China as the sole legitimate government of China, before switching recognition to the People's Republic of China in 1950. The ROC office in London was first established in September 1963 as the Free Chinese Centre. In 1992, it adopted its present name.Organizational structure
The nearest station to the representative office is London Victoria station.Branch offices
