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Taipei Mission In Sweden
The Taipei Mission in Sweden () Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, represents the interests of Taiwan in Sweden in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy, ''de facto'' embassy. Its counterpart in Taiwan is the Swedish Trade and Invest Council in Taipei. The office also handles affairs in Norway after the Taipei Representative Office in Norway closed on 30 September 2017. History Sweden established official diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China in 1950, which required the Swedish government to break off relations with the government in Taiwan. The Taipei Mission was established as the Taipei Trade, Tourism and Information Office in 1981A Pretence of Privatisation: Taiwan's External Relations Françoise Mengin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
