Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston information
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston 駐休士頓臺北經濟文化辦事處
Agency overview
Formed
1937 (as ROC Consulate) 1992 (current form)
Jurisdiction
United States (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma)
Headquarters
Houston
Agency executive
Yvonne Yi-Fang Hsiao [zh], Director General[1]
Website
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston
Footnotes
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
駐休士頓臺北經濟文化辦事處
Simplified Chinese
驻休士顿台北经济文化办事处
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhù Xiūshìdùn Táiběi Jǐngjì Wénhùa Bànshìchù
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston (TECO-Houston, Chinese: 駐休士頓台北經濟文化辦事處) represents the interests of Taiwan in the southern United States, functioning as a de facto consulate.[2] The mission is located on the 20th Floor of 11 Greenway Plaza. It also oversees a Cultural Center at 10303 West Office Drive in the Westchase district of Houston.[3][4]
TECO Houston's origins can be traced to 1937 when the government of the Republic of China established a consulate in Houston.[5] The ROC was represented by a vice-consul.[6] After opening the consulate of the People's Republic of China in 1979, the TECO mission opened its doors in 1992.
The mission serves Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.[7]
The office sponsors cultural exhibits such as the 2009 "Nation of Splendor: Taiwan, the Republic of China," which was hosted at 2 Allen Center in Downtown Houston.[8] The mission also sponsors the Hou, Hsiao-Hsien Film Festival in San Antonio along with the Trinity University East Program.[9]
After members of a Taiwanese religious movement in Garland, Texas, did not find God on television on a day in March 1998, an officer of TECO Houston offered assistance to members of the movement to assist travel back to Taiwan.[10] On September 23, 2002, an e-mail relayed through TECO Houston warned the ROC government that there was a possibility of a terrorist attack.[11] In 2005 Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Mitch Landrieu and Kip Holden, Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, met with a delegation of TECO Houston officials to negotiate Taiwanese business interests in Louisiana.[12]
^Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)
^Mowbray, Rebecca. "Banking on loyalty / Taiwan offers loan guarantees to ethnic Chinese across globe." Houston Chronicle. Sunday August 6, 2000. Business 1. Retrieved on May 10, 2009. ""If they get the money from Taiwan, they are more likely to do business with Taiwanese people," said Andrew Lin, commercial attache at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston, one of 13 de facto consulates around the United States."
^"Contact Us Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine." Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston. Retrieved on March 11, 2009.
^"SECT7-key.gif Archived 2009-02-27 at the Wayback Machine." Westchase. Retrieved on March 11, 2009.
^"Chinese Consulate Protests Shooting". El Paso Herald-Post. 29 March 1935. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^Official Congressional Directory. 1937. p. 571.
^"Our Representative Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine." Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston. Retrieved on March 11, 2009.
^Martin, Betty L. "Photos of Taiwan on display at Two Allen Center." Houston Chronicle. March 11, 2009. Retrieved on March 11, 2009.
^"‘Bridge to 550’ explores projects from the curb down." San Antonio Business Journal. Friday October 31, 2001. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
^"Church leader says God no longer expected March 31 Group in Garland expected message on television." The Dallas Morning News. March 25, 1998. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
^"Taiwan reportedly twice warned of possible terrorist attacks." Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. October 25, 2002. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
^"Briefs." The Advocate. July 19, 2005. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
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