Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston
Greenway Plaza, the complex which contains the consulate

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston (TECO-Houston, Chinese: 駐休士頓台北經濟文化辦事處; pinyin: Zhù Xiūshìdùn Táiběi Jǐngjì Wénhùa Bànshìchù) is the Republic of China's diplomatic facility in Houston, Texas, United States. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office is on the 20th Floor in 11 Greenway Plaza. The mission also has the Chinese Cultural Center at 10303 West Office Drive in the Westchase district of Houston.[1][2]

The mission's jurisdiction includes Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.[3] It is a de facto consulate.[4]

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.[5] On September 23, 2002, an e-mail relayed through TECO Houston warned the ROC government that there was a possibility of a terrorist attack.[6] 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.[7] In 2007 Crescent honored the consulate's information division as a tenant that had occupied a suite in Greenway Plaza for 20–29 years.[8]

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.[9] The mission also sponsors the Hou, Hsiao-Hsien Film Festival in San Antonio along with the Trinity University East Program.[10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us." Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston. Retrieved on March 11, 2009.
  2. ↑ "SECT7-key.gif." Westchase. Retrieved on March 11, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Our Representative." Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston. Retrieved on March 11, 2009.
  4. ↑ 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."
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Taiwan reportedly twice warned of possible terrorist attacks." Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. October 25, 2002. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Briefs." The Advocate. July 19, 2005. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Crescent Celebrates Greenway Plaza's 40th Anniversary by Honoring Customer Loyalty." Business Wire. June 9, 2007. Retrieved on January 21, 2009.
  9. ↑ Martin, Betty L. "Photos of Taiwan on display at Two Allen Center." Houston Chronicle. March 11, 2009. Retrieved on March 11, 2009.
  10. ↑ "‘Bridge to 550’ explores projects from the curb down." San Antonio Business Journal. Friday October 31, 2001. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.

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