Andy Chen, director general of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vancouver, says some representatives from Canada’s three levels of government and consuls general from some other countries call him “consul general,” a title reserved for envoys from an independent country with formal diplomatic ties with Canada. Meanwhile, the People’s Republic of China says Taiwan is an “inalienable part” of Chinese territories under the rule of its central government in Beijing.
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