Editing Foreign relations of Taiwan (section)

====Italy====
{{Main|Italy–Taiwan relations}}

Until 1970, Taiwan, as the Republic of China, was represented by an embassy in [[Rome]] and a consulate-general in [[Milan]].<ref>[http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=170497&ctNode=103 ROC severs relations with Italy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530233222/http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=170497&ctNode=103 |date=2016-05-30 }}, ''[[Taiwan Info]]'', 8 November 1970</ref> This was separate from the [[Embassy of the Republic of China to the Holy See]], which, while located in Italian territory, remains accredited to [[Vatican City]].<ref>[http://www.taiwanembassy.org/VA/mp.asp?mp=152 New ROC (Taiwan) Ambassador Lee presents his Credentials to Pope Francis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427215434/http://www.taiwanembassy.org/VA/mp.asp?mp=152 |date=27 April 2016 }} [[Embassy of the Republic of China to the Holy See]]</ref> This led to confusion in 1989 following the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square protests]] in Beijing, when Italians protested outside the embassy, believing it to be that of the People's Republic of China.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aBfICQAAQBAJ&dq=republic+of+china+italy+relations+taipei&pg=PA189 ''Taiwan's Expanding Role in the International Arena: Entering the United Nations''], Maysing H. Yang, Routledge, 2015, p. 189</ref>

In 2014, Taiwan decided not to participate in [[Expo 2015]] in [[Milan]] after the [[Government of Italy]] proposed that it be represented as a corporate entity rather than as a country.<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/11/26/2003605313 Taiwan shuns Milan expo after sovereignty squabble] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722003020/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/11/26/2003605313 |date=22 July 2019 }}, ''[[Taipei Times]]'', November 26, 2014</ref>

In 2020, Taiwan donated equipment and supplies to Italy as part of its [[medical diplomacy]] in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Equipment donated included 15 respirators donated to WHO hospitals in the hard-hit Lombardy region in April 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yu-li |first1=Lin |last2=Ya-shih |first2=Huang |last3=Hsu |first3=Elizabeth |title=Taiwanese donations reach Slovenia, Italy in COVID-19 fight |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202004220020 |website=focustaiwan.tw |date=22 April 2020 |publisher=Focus Taiwan |access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>