Editing Foreign relations of Taiwan (section)

====Epidemic prevention diplomacy====
{{Further|Respirator diplomacy of Taiwan}}
Local media has referred to Taiwan's medical diplomacy related to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as "epidemic prevention diplomacy".<ref>{{cite news |author1=Michael Peel |author2=Kathrin Hille |title=Taiwan in talks over gift of coronavirus masks to EU |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e47a8cf4-786d-4367-a589-054a6a198840 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/e47a8cf4-786d-4367-a589-054a6a198840 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |work=Financial Times|date=April 2020 |access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref> In March 2020 Australia and Taiwan agreed to exchange 1 million liters of Australian [[Ethanol|alcohol]] to be used in making [[hand sanitizer]] for 3 metric tons of Taiwanese [[nonwoven fabric]] to be used in making facial masks.<ref>{{cite web |first2=Joseph|last2=Yeh |first1=Wu |last1=Po-wei |title=Taiwan, Australia to exchange raw materials to fight COVID-19 |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202003300027 |website=focustaiwan.tw |date=30 March 2020 |publisher=Focus Taiwan |access-date=1 April 2020}}</ref>