The

Kingdom of Romania The Kingdom of Romania () was a constitutional monarchy that existed from with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King of Romania, King Carol I of Romania, Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian royal family), until 1947 wit ...

and

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(ROC) began relations on July 5, 1939.

History

Following the takeover of the capital of

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in 1941, Romania broke off relations with the ROC and began recognizing the

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-backed Chinese Republic. After the

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, relations between the two never resumed, but after the Chinese Communists seized power in 1949 and Romania abolished the monarchy in 1947, the

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recognized

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(PRC) as the legitimate government of China on October 5 of that year. China and Romania exchanged ambassadors for the first time in March 1950. When the Soviet Union and many other European communist countries withdrew their advisors from China in 1960, advisors from Yugoslavia were among those that remained. Relations between the Romania and China improved after Romania broke off ties with the Soviet Union in 1964. The PRC has an embassy in

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and a consulate general in

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has an embassy in

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and 2 consulates general in

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and

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. The modern-day

(Taiwan) has no official diplomatic relations with Romania, although it is represented by

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via the Hungarian Trade Office in Taipei and the ROC through the

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. In 2015, Romania signed an agreement with

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for assistance in building civil nuclear power stations. When the National Liberal Party came into power, it cancelled all projects that the

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government had agreed to with China, including the nuclear power agreement, which Romania cancelled in 2020.

Educational and cultural exchanges

Romania hosts four Confucius Institutes.

Resident diplomatic missions

* China has an embassy in

. * Romania has an embassy in

and consulates-general in

and

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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History

Educational and cultural exchanges

Resident diplomatic missions

See also

References

External links