Editing Foreign relations of Taiwan (section)

====United Kingdom====
{{Main|Taiwan–United Kingdom relations}}

The United Kingdom's relations with Taiwan<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world/taiwan |title=UK and Taiwan – UK and the world |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom |access-date=15 November 2013 |archive-date=3 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203050935/https://www.gov.uk/government/world/taiwan |url-status=live }}</ref> are conducted unofficially through the [[British Office Taipei]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Taiwan |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-trade-cultural-office-taiwan |title=British Trade & Cultural Office Taiwan |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom |access-date=15 November 2013 |archive-date=18 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418183720/https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-trade-cultural-office-taiwan |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[British Council]] in Taipei.

After the Chinese Civil War and the retreat of the [[Kuomintang|KMT]] government to Taiwan, the United Kingdom broke off diplomatic relations with the Republic of China and recognised the People's Republic of China from 6 January 1950.<ref>Wolf, David C. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/260389 'To Secure a Convenience': Britain Recognizes China – 1950] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215163208/https://www.jstor.org/stable/260389 |date=15 December 2023 }}. ''Journal of Contemporary History'', vol. 18, no. 2, 1983, pp. 299–326. {{JSTOR|260389}}.</ref> In September 1962, Taiwan opened a representative office in [[London]] under the name of the Free Chinese Centre, which was later renamed the [[Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.]] from April 1992.<ref name="TRO - U.K.">{{cite web|url=https://www.roc-taiwan.org/uk_en/post/39.html|title=Taiwan-UK Relations|work=Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.|access-date=15 February 2021|archive-date=21 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421091358/https://roc-taiwan.org/uk_en/post/39.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The United Kingdom opened a [[List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom|representative office]] in Taipei in 1993 under the name of the British Trade and Cultural Office, which was later renamed the British Office Taipei in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201505270023.aspx|title=U.K. renames representative office in Taiwan, retains functions|work=focustaiwan.tw|date=27 May 2015|access-date=15 February 2021|archive-date=6 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606184148/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201505270023.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2020, [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] ministers stated that the UK hopes Taiwan is allowed to attend the [[World Health Assembly]] as an observer.<ref name="TRO - U.K."/>