Taiwan to set up first office using its name

Taiwan to set up first office using its name

Question: In which country Taiwan government will set up its first office using its name?
(a) Lithuania
(b) USA
(c) Japan
(d) Georgia
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • On 20 July 2021, Taiwan Government announced to set up a representative office in Lithuania using its own name.
  • The representative office will be set up in Lithuania’s capital city of Vilnius.
  • The move is a significant diplomatic departure that is bound to rile China.
  • China tries to keep Taipei isolated on the world stage and balks at any official use of the word “Taiwan”. China says Taiwan to be part of China and asks countries to adopt One China Policy.
  • The “One-China policy” is a policy asserting that there is only one sovereign state under the name China, as opposed to the idea that there are two states, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC)/Taiwan, whose official names incorporate “China”.
  • Also in 1971, the United Nations voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as “the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations’.

By-Amar Mani Upadhyay

Links:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210720-taiwan-to-use-its-own-name-at-new-lithuania-office