The
Kingdom of Romania and
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
(ROC) began China–Romania relations on July 5, 1939.
Following the takeover of the capital of
Nanking in 1941, Romania broke off relations with the ROC and began recognizing the
Japanese-backed
Chinese Republic. After the
surrender of Japan
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the war's hostilities to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy ...
, relations between the two never resumed, but after the Chinese Communists seized power in 1949 and Romania abolished the monarchy in 1947, the
Romanian People's Republic recognized
People's Republic of China (PRC) as the legitimate government of China on October 5 of that year. Socialist China and Romania exchanged ambassadors for the first time in March 1950. Relations between the two improved after Romania
broke off ties with the Soviet Union in 1964.
The PRC operates an embassy in
Bucharest and a consulate general in
Constanța
Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...
.
Romania has an embassy in
Beijing and 2 consulates general in
Hong Kong and
Shanghai. The modern-day
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
(Taiwan) has no official diplomatic relations with Romania, although it is represented by
Hungary via the Hungarian Trade Office in Taipei and the ROC through the
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), also known as Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO), Taipei Representative Office (TRO) or Taipei Mission, is an alternative Diplomatic mission, diplomatic institution serving a ...
in
Budapest.
In 2015, Romania signed an agreement with
China General Nuclear Power Group for assistance in building civil nuclear power stations. Romania cancelled the deal in 2020.
See also
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Foreign relations of the People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), has full diplomatic relations with 178 out of the other 193 United Nations member states, Cook Islands, Niue and the State of Palestine. Since 2019, China has had the most diplomatic miss ...
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Foreign relations of the Republic of China
Foreign may refer to:
Government
* Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in many countries
** Foreign Office, a department of the UK government
** Foreign office and foreign minister
* United S ...
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Foreign relations of Romania
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Chinese of Romania
The Chinese of Romania are one of the smallest minorities of Romania.
Migration history
China and Romania have a history of several decades of economic and cultural exchanges as part of the Communist bloc. Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin li ...
References
External links
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Romania Chinese embassy in Bucharest (in Chinese and Romanian only) Romanian embassy in Beijing
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