Signalling further engagement with New Delhi, Taiwan's de facto ambassador to India, Baushuan Ger has said a new Taiwanese office will open in Mumbai on October 16.

Signalling further engagement with New Delhi, Taiwan's de facto ambassador to India, Baushuan Ger has said a new Taiwanese office will open in Mumbai on October 16. Taiwan has its de facto embassy or Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre in India (TECC) in Delhi and one de facto consulate or office in the southern city of Chennai. Speaking to WION's Sidhant Sibal, Ger, representative to TECC said that with this new mission "we can serve more Taiwanese and Indian businesses, trade, and economic ties between our societies". The establishment of the Taipei Economic Culture Centre in Mumbai is part of the expansion of Taiwan's presence in India under its new southbound policy. With the opening of the new office, the number of Taiwanese diplomats will increase to 32, with plans to get more Taiwanese diplomats to India. The development comes even as India, and Taiwan firm up ties in semiconductors, mobility and many Taiwanese teachers come to India to teach Mandarin. Meanwhile, Taiwan's National Day was celebrated in Delhi on Tuesday (Oct 8), but no Indian government representatives were present, as New Delhi does not officially recognise Taiwan as a separate country. Former Indian MP Sujeet Kumar was present at the national day. Foreign diplomats from nations that adhere to the "One China" policy also chose to skip the event. The full interview with Baushuan Ger: Sidhant Sibal: When are you going to open the new office in India? Baushuan Ger: On October 16, we will open our third mission in India, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Mumbai. We hope that through this new mission, we can serve more Taiwanese and Indian businesses, trade, and economic ties between our societies. Sidhant Sibal: Semiconductor has been a key pillar of ties... Baushuan Ger: Semiconductor is one of the major cooperation between our two sides. We are very happy to see Tata and Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) work together in Gujarat and we hope that it will be a precursor to many similar projects. Watch | Taiwan gives befitting reply as China questions Taiwan-India ties × Sidhant Sibal: How do you see India-Taiwan ties? Taiwan celebrated its National Day in India. Baushuan Ger: We are very positive about Taiwan-India relations, in the past, now and in the future. We have the celebration of our national day and we hope that we receive more similar happy returns in the future. Sidhant Sibal: How is Taiwan helping to develop Mandarin language skills in India? Baushuan Ger: We have 36 Taiwan education centres in India, across Indian campuses. Our desire is to have more Taiwan education centres in India. That will be a very useful bridge between Taiwan and India. Through these centres, we came to promote Mandarin teaching and learning in India and send more Indian students to Taiwan to study, especially in STEM disciplines. They can come back to serve as a bridge.

Taiwan to open new office in Mumbai on October 16

The Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in exile Mrs&nbsp;Dolma Tsering Teykhang has met over 30 Indian Parliamentarians or MPs and Taiwan's ambassador to India in a high-level engagement starting April 4.

The meeting comes days after Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi was on an India visit. Speaking to WION's principal diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal,&nbsp;Mrs. Dolma Tsering said the focus of her visit was to, "appraise them about the critical human rights situation inside Tibet and other thing is culture and religion situation in Tibet is getting extinct in its birthplace" and also "environment situation inside the Tibetan plateau". The top Tibetan official had met MPs from all major national parties of India--BJP, AAP, and Congress with a large number of MPs from India's northeast.

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The last&nbsp;Tibetan parliament in exile&nbsp;delegation visited Delhi in December. During that visit, the delegation had met Indian MPs riling up the Chinese embassy which had sent a strongly worded letter about the development. New Delhi had then asked the embassy to behave and that such letters are inappropriate. In her meeting with the Taiwan envoy, the Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in exile said, "We had a great exchange of views on how best we have the exchange of students, how best we can make the Taiwanese people interact with the Tibetan people so that people to people relation is built and friendship is flourished. "

During the Delhi meeting, she met,&nbsp;Kiren Rijiju who is the convener of northeastern parliamentarians, Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh who is also minister of state in the ministry of external affairs.&nbsp;She slammed the recent visit of Chinese FM, explaining, "visit was just kind of a drama to show, you can do business but we can talk about the border later on."

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WION: What brings you here to Delhi?

Dolma Tsering Teykhang: We are here because Tibet is in such a critical situation under the occupation of China. So, the Tibetans in the free world, we are the voice for the voiceless. Therefore, we are doing a job for our brothers and sisters in Tibet.

WION: In Delhi, what were the engagements like?

Dolma Tsering Teykhang: We come to Delhi when the Indian Parliament is on. The most important mission is to reach out to the new Parliamentarians, who are new faces in the Parliament. To appraise them about the critical human rights situation inside Tibet and another thing is culture and religion situation in Tibet is getting extinct in its birthplace. Also to have a stable and peaceful border between India and China, resumptions of talks between China and representatives of his holiness Dalai Lama. And the environmental situation inside the Tibetan plateau. The world is crying about climate change and unless you fix the roof of the world, there will not be fixing of the environment. The world needs to give a fair share of its importance to the Tibet&nbsp;plateau and we urge the UN framework on climate change to have scientific research to understand what is happening in Tibet plateau impacting global climate change, so that we can have research proof to give the Chinese counterpart so that they are convinced to fix Tibetan plateau environmental crisis.

WION: Who all did you meet during Delhi visit, the parliamentarians, MPs, or foreign delegation?

Dolma Tsering Teykhang: On&nbsp;April 4&nbsp;we started our mission and till today, we were able to meet, 35 Indian parliamentarians from the national 4 big parties of BJP, Congress, AAP, National people's party, and from the regional political parties, almost all the north eastern parliamentarians we met, we had talk in detail about the depletion of Brahmaputra river, Dams, and how the lives of people in that part of India is getting impacted because of the wrong policies of China. We met a number of Indian parliamentarians who are very supportive and vocal about human right crisis, environmental destruction happening in Tibetan Plateau. Coming to envoys, we met the Taiwanese, his excellency the Ambassador. We had a great exchange of views on how best we have the exchange of students, how best we can make the Taiwanese people interact with the Tibetan people, so that people-to-people relation is built and friendship is flourished.&nbsp;

WION: Your met MPs from the ruling BJP party as well during your engagement?

Dolma Tsering Teykhang: Some of the ruling Naresh Bansal, Mitesh Patel, Pradan Baruah, Kiren Rijiju who is the convener of northeastern Parliamentarians at the Parliamentary annex. These are some of the names. From the northeastern side, we had number of BJP MPs like Rameswar Teli, Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Bhubaneshwar Kalita, Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, Horen Sing Bey, Topon Kumar Gogoi, Queen Oja, Rajdeep roy. We had a number of people who were very supportive and very receptive to what we were trying to convey to them. That was a very encouraging interaction with them.

WION: Your visit comes even as Chinese FM had visited. The last time a Tibet delegation had visited Delhi, the Chinese embassy had reacted in a very strong way. How do you see the visit in this context?

Dolma Tsering Teykhang: The importance of India at the international political arena is being seen, withing a very short time you have seen a lot of international foreign ministers coming and visiting.&nbsp; Though the Chinese counterpart visit was just kind of a drama to show, you can do business but we can talk about the border later on. When there can be no security and peace at the border area, how can India manage to do business with China. That is a big issue, so I think world has let loose China so freely that they do what they want to do, it's like, we have spoiled China to bully who does anything against their will. Whatever China dictates, sovereign states succumb to it, that is why they dictate all the time. Even the sovereign Parliamentarians are dictated, who they can or cannot meet. But when we talk about human rights violations, it's all about internal matter. You are intruding in the domestic affairs of the Chinese; these are like two&nbsp;different things. We need to make China accountable for what wrong they are doing in Tibet, not only in there, but in Hong Kong, Taiwan.

We all are coming together in one platform where we are going to raise voice against Chinese atrocities, against invasion of Taiwan, its airspace, that is kind of intimidation. They dictate about One China policy, when China dictates one China policy, why can't they say Arunachal is inalienable part of India.&nbsp; We should also put conditions to them . To the far west, where people and government doesn't even know the history of Tibet, they are ready to do peace with China and agree on one China policy. When you don't know the history of Tibet, how can you agree to such a dictate. That is big question and we are questioning their credibility towards human rights, when there was holocaust people told enough is enough but what is happening in Tibet, Xinjiang (Uyghurs), Hong Kong and Taiwan is similar violations of human rights.. People are suffering. Being Tibetan is criminal, being able to talk about conservation of the environment in Tibet, put into jail. China tries to show to the world, we are leader in climate change, but in own home, in Tibet, when conservation is talked about you land up in jail. These are double standard of China. World must look at China with pinch of distrust and doubt, so that you know the reality of China because, China will tell you what they want you to hear, and show what they want you to see but ground reality is different. Its not only Tibet but even the Chinese people are suffering under the communist regime. If China has to open up and change, it will explode from within, where there is oppression there is bound to be revolt and that molten lava will come from within China itself and show people can bring the change.

WION: More such engagements being planned by the Tibetan side?

Dolma Tsering Teykhang: Of course, we are looking to meet ambassadors where pockets of Tibetans are residing, we want to thank them to taken care of Tibetans, and really helped them to improve the financial conditions, to have modern education for youth and open up Tibet youth to the world to advocate for the cause. Wherever you are, US, Canada, Japan, or Europe--France, Germany, Tibetan people are voice of people in Tibet. Presence of Tibetans everywhere is a force for the Tibet issue, so we are looking forwards, though we are yet to get some of the appointments, we look forward to more such engagements.&nbsp;

WION: Any plans by the Tibetan government in exile to meet the PM?

Dolma Tsering Teykhang: Of course, we dream to meet the Lok Sabha speaker, the environment minister Bhupinder Yadav, because we have passed a resolution on the critical environment situation inside Tibet. Since the environment is nonpolitical, it will be looked at from that perspective. Of course, we dream to meet Narendra Modi because at this point of time, he was so busy with foreign dignitaries, we dare not approach and put up a request for an appointment but in the future, we dream to meet PM and have the narrative of Tibet change. Tibet was a sovereign state for 200 years, India and British Raj were the witnesses to it. It was illegally occupied, so to have the narrative changed, India needs to change Tibet policy, we need to change to an occupied nation. On the basis of this, we are asking for genuine autonomy, we are ready to stay with our Chinese counterpart provided they give us meaningful autonomy to keep our identity and cultural heritage intact in our own land.

The Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in exile Mrs Dolma Tsering Teykhang has met over 30 Indian Parliamentarians or MPs and Taiwan's ambassador to India in a high-level engagement starting April 4.

The Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in exile Mrs Dolma Tsering Teykhang has met over 30 Indian Parliamentarians or MPs and Taiwan's ambassador to India in a high-level engagement starting April 4. The meeting comes days after Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi was on an India visit. Speaking to WION's principal diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Mrs. Dolma Tsering said the focus of her visit was to, "appraise them about the critical human rights situation inside Tibet and other thing is culture and religion situation in Tibet is getting extinct in its birthplace" and also "environment situation inside the Tibetan plateau". The top Tibetan official had met MPs from all major national parties of India--BJP, AAP, and Congress with a large number of MPs from India's northeast. The last Tibetan parliament in exile delegation visited Delhi in December. During that visit, the delegation had met Indian MPs riling up the Chinese embassy which had sent a strongly worded letter about the development. New Delhi had then asked the embassy to behave and that such letters are inappropriate. In her meeting with the Taiwan envoy, the Deputy Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament in exile said, "We had a great exchange of views on how best we have the exchange of students, how best we can make the Taiwanese people interact with the Tibetan people so that people to people relation is built and friendship is flourished. " During the Delhi meeting, she met, Kiren Rijiju who is the convener of northeastern parliamentarians, Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh who is also minister of state in the ministry of external affairs. She slammed the recent visit of Chinese FM, explaining, "visit was just kind of a drama to show, you can do business but we can talk about the border later on." Also read | Chinese shadow as South Asian countries face political and social upheavals WION: What brings you here to Delhi? Dolma Tsering Teykhang: We are here because Tibet is in such a critical situation under the occupation of China. So, the Tibetans in the free world, we are the voice for the voiceless. Therefore, we are doing a job for our brothers and sisters in Tibet. WION: In Delhi, what were the engagements like? Dolma Tsering Teykhang: We come to Delhi when the Indian Parliament is on. The most important mission is to reach out to the new Parliamentarians, who are new faces in the Parliament. To appraise them about the critical human rights situation inside Tibet and another thing is culture and religion situation in Tibet is getting extinct in its birthplace. Also to have a stable and peaceful border between India and China, resumptions of talks between China and representatives of his holiness Dalai Lama. And the environmental situation inside the Tibetan plateau. The world is crying about climate change and unless you fix the roof of the world, there will not be fixing of the environment. The world needs to give a fair share of its importance to the Tibet plateau and we urge the UN framework on climate change to have scientific research to understand what is happening in Tibet plateau impacting global climate change, so that we can have research proof to give the Chinese counterpart so that they are convinced to fix Tibetan plateau environmental crisis. WION: Who all did you meet during Delhi visit, the parliamentarians, MPs, or foreign delegation? Dolma Tsering Teykhang: On April 4 we started our mission and till today, we were able to meet, 35 Indian parliamentarians from the national 4 big parties of BJP, Congress, AAP, National people's party, and from the regional political parties, almost all the north eastern parliamentarians we met, we had talk in detail about the depletion of Brahmaputra river, Dams, and how the lives of people in that part of India is getting impacted because of the wrong policies of China. We met a number of Indian parliamentarians who are very supportive and vocal about human right crisis, environmental destruction happening in Tibetan Plateau. Coming to envoys, we met the Taiwanese, his excellency the Ambassador. We had a great exchange of views on how best we have the exchange of students, how best we can make the Taiwanese people interact with the Tibetan people, so that people-to-people relation is built and friendship is flourished. WION: Your met MPs from the ruling BJP party as well during your engagement? Dolma Tsering Teykhang: Some of the ruling Naresh Bansal, Mitesh Patel, Pradan Baruah, Kiren Rijiju who is the convener of northeastern Parliamentarians at the Parliamentary annex. These are some of the names. From the northeastern side, we had number of BJP MPs like Rameswar Teli, Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Bhubaneshwar Kalita, Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, Horen Sing Bey, Topon Kumar Gogoi, Queen Oja, Rajdeep roy. We had a number of people who were very supportive and very receptive to what we were trying to convey to them. That was a very encouraging interaction with them. WION: Your visit comes even as Chinese FM had visited. The last time a Tibet delegation had visited Delhi, the Chinese embassy had reacted in a very strong way. How do you see the visit in this context? Dolma Tsering Teykhang: The importance of India at the international political arena is being seen, withing a very short time you have seen a lot of international foreign ministers coming and visiting. Though the Chinese counterpart visit was just kind of a drama to show, you can do business but we can talk about the border later on. When there can be no security and peace at the border area, how can India manage to do business with China. That is a big issue, so I think world has let loose China so freely that they do what they want to do, it's like, we have spoiled China to bully who does anything against their will. Whatever China dictates, sovereign states succumb to it, that is why they dictate all the time. Even the sovereign Parliamentarians are dictated, who they can or cannot meet. But when we talk about human rights violations, it's all about internal matter. You are intruding in the domestic affairs of the Chinese; these are like two different things. We need to make China accountable for what wrong they are doing in Tibet, not only in there, but in Hong Kong, Taiwan. We all are coming together in one platform where we are going to raise voice against Chinese atrocities, against invasion of Taiwan, its airspace, that is kind of intimidation. They dictate about One China policy, when China dictates one China policy, why can't they say Arunachal is inalienable part of India. We should also put conditions to them . To the far west, where people and government doesn't even know the history of Tibet, they are ready to do peace with China and agree on one China policy. When you don't know the history of Tibet, how can you agree to such a dictate. That is big question and we are questioning their credibility towards human rights, when there was holocaust people told enough is enough but what is happening in Tibet, Xinjiang (Uyghurs), Hong Kong and Taiwan is similar violations of human rights.. People are suffering. Being Tibetan is criminal, being able to talk about conservation of the environment in Tibet, put into jail. China tries to show to the world, we are leader in climate change, but in own home, in Tibet, when conservation is talked about you land up in jail. These are double standard of China. World must look at China with pinch of distrust and doubt, so that you know the reality of China because, China will tell you what they want you to hear, and show what they want you to see but ground reality is different. Its not only Tibet but even the Chinese people are suffering under the communist regime. If China has to open up and change, it will explode from within, where there is oppression there is bound to be revolt and that molten lava will come from within China itself and show people can bring the change. WION: More such engagements being planned by the Tibetan side? Dolma Tsering Teykhang: Of course, we are looking to meet ambassadors where pockets of Tibetans are residing, we want to thank them to taken care of Tibetans, and really helped them to improve the financial conditions, to have modern education for youth and open up Tibet youth to the world to advocate for the cause. Wherever you are, US, Canada, Japan, or Europe--France, Germany, Tibetan people are voice of people in Tibet. Presence of Tibetans everywhere is a force for the Tibet issue, so we are looking forwards, though we are yet to get some of the appointments, we look forward to more such engagements. WION: Any plans by the Tibetan government in exile to meet the PM? Dolma Tsering Teykhang: Of course, we dream to meet the Lok Sabha speaker, the environment minister Bhupinder Yadav, because we have passed a resolution on the critical environment situation inside Tibet. Since the environment is nonpolitical, it will be looked at from that perspective. Of course, we dream to meet Narendra Modi because at this point of time, he was so busy with foreign dignitaries, we dare not approach and put up a request for an appointment but in the future, we dream to meet PM and have the narrative of Tibet change. Tibet was a sovereign state for 200 years, India and British Raj were the witnesses to it. It was illegally occupied, so to have the narrative changed, India needs to change Tibet policy, we need to change to an occupied nation. On the basis of this, we are asking for genuine autonomy, we are ready to stay with our Chinese counterpart provided they give us meaningful autonomy to keep our identity and cultural heritage intact in our own land.

Exclusive: Days after Chinese FM visit, top Tibetan official meets Indian MPs, Taiwan envoy in Delhi

Taiwan&nbsp;Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said Wednesday that his country&nbsp;worked with other democracies to help its diplomatic ally Paraguay get COVID-19 vaccines after China put pressure on the South American country to ditch Taipei in exchange for shots, and India stepped in to help.

Paraguay&nbsp;is one of only 15 countries that officially recognise Taipei over Beijing, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory.

Beijing has ramped up pressure on Taiwan since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen because she rejects its stance that the island is part of China.

It has poached seven of Taiwan's official allies since then,&nbsp;including Panama, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.

On Wednesday Taiwan's foreign minister said China was trying to woo&nbsp;Paraguay&nbsp;with the promise of badly needed vaccines.&nbsp;

"This is a period of time when we see Chinese 'vaccine diplomacy' has been flexing its muscles in many parts of world, especially in central and south America," Joseph Wu told reporters.&nbsp;

"The Chinese government was very active in saying... if the&nbsp;Paraguay&nbsp;government is willing to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan, they will be able to get quite a few million vaccine doses from China," he added.

"It generated a lot of pressure on the government of President Mario Abdo Benítez and this also generated a lot of pressure on us to find the necessary support," Wu said, adding that&nbsp;Paraguay's political opposition was "very willing to link up with China".

Paraguay&nbsp;has reported 224,000 coronavirus infections and 4,500 deaths in a population of seven million.&nbsp;

Fatalities have risen alarmingly in recent weeks during a fresh wave of infections that have hammered its healthcare system.

There have been violent protests over the government's response as well as an ultimately failed attempt to impeach Abdo Benítez.&nbsp;

Wu said Taiwan had reached out to countries including Japan, the United States and India on the issue.

"In the last few weeks, we have been speaking to like-minded countries, including Japan, the United States, India etcetera, and India fortunately has been able to provide some COVAXIN vaccines to Paraguay," he said, referring to a shot developed by India's Bharat Biotech and a state research institute.

India has already shipped 100,000 doses to Paraguay and there will be another 100,000, Wu added.

Paraguay&nbsp;has also received 36,000 doses from AstraZeneca, 4,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, and 20,000 of the Chinese Coronavac donated by Chile.&nbsp;

Abdo Benítez has said he hopes to secure enough vaccinations by the middle of the year. He blamed the lack of doses on delays in Covax, a mechanism supported by the World Health Organization to widen access to vaccines.

Washington is also looking at ways to help countries struggling to secure enough vaccine supply, Wu said.

China has been a crucial source of vaccines for many poorer nations especially with wealthier countries snapping up supplies of Western-made doses.

It has previously denied using vaccines as a diplomatic pressure device.

Taiwan -- population 23 million -- has been hailed as a global success story in containing the virus, with around 1,050 confirmed cases and 10 deaths.&nbsp;

But it has struggled to secure vaccines and has so far only received 117,000 doses of AstraZeneca purchased from the manufacturer and another 199,200 doses of the same vaccine via Covax.

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said Wednesday that his country worked with other democracies to help its diplomatic ally Paraguay get COVID-19 vaccines after China put pressure on the South American country to ditch Taipei in exchange for shots, and India stepped in to help.

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said Wednesday that his country worked with other democracies to help its diplomatic ally Paraguay get COVID-19 vaccines after China put pressure on the South American country to ditch Taipei in exchange for shots, and India stepped in to help. Paraguay is one of only 15 countries that officially recognise Taipei over Beijing, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory. Beijing has ramped up pressure on Taiwan since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen because she rejects its stance that the island is part of China. It has poached seven of Taiwan's official allies since then, including Panama, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. On Wednesday Taiwan's foreign minister said China was trying to woo Paraguay with the promise of badly needed vaccines. "This is a period of time when we see Chinese 'vaccine diplomacy' has been flexing its muscles in many parts of world, especially in central and south America," Joseph Wu told reporters. "The Chinese government was very active in saying... if the Paraguay government is willing to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan, they will be able to get quite a few million vaccine doses from China," he added. "It generated a lot of pressure on the government of President Mario Abdo Benítez and this also generated a lot of pressure on us to find the necessary support," Wu said, adding that Paraguay's political opposition was "very willing to link up with China". Paraguay has reported 224,000 coronavirus infections and 4,500 deaths in a population of seven million. Fatalities have risen alarmingly in recent weeks during a fresh wave of infections that have hammered its healthcare system. There have been violent protests over the government's response as well as an ultimately failed attempt to impeach Abdo Benítez. Wu said Taiwan had reached out to countries including Japan, the United States and India on the issue. "In the last few weeks, we have been speaking to like-minded countries, including Japan, the United States, India etcetera, and India fortunately has been able to provide some COVAXIN vaccines to Paraguay," he said, referring to a shot developed by India's Bharat Biotech and a state research institute. India has already shipped 100,000 doses to Paraguay and there will be another 100,000, Wu added. Paraguay has also received 36,000 doses from AstraZeneca, 4,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, and 20,000 of the Chinese Coronavac donated by Chile. Abdo Benítez has said he hopes to secure enough vaccinations by the middle of the year. He blamed the lack of doses on delays in Covax, a mechanism supported by the World Health Organization to widen access to vaccines. Washington is also looking at ways to help countries struggling to secure enough vaccine supply, Wu said. China has been a crucial source of vaccines for many poorer nations especially with wealthier countries snapping up supplies of Western-made doses. It has previously denied using vaccines as a diplomatic pressure device. Taiwan -- population 23 million -- has been hailed as a global success story in containing the virus, with around 1,050 confirmed cases and 10 deaths. But it has struggled to secure vaccines and has so far only received 117,000 doses of AstraZeneca purchased from the manufacturer and another 199,200 doses of the same vaccine via Covax.

Taiwan praises India for helping Paraguay get vaccines amid Chinese pressure

Taiwan's new envoy to India Baushuan Ger has arrived in India and expected to take charge officially shortly. He will be officially be heading the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC), the country's de facto embassy given under "One China" police New Delhi doesn't recognize Taiwan as a country.

In 1995, the two countries established representative offices in each other’s capitals, namely the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India (TECC) for the Republic of China (Taiwan) in New Delhi and India-Taipei Association (ITA) for India in Taipei.

Ahead of arriving in India, Ger in a documentary that went on WION said, "I am confident that through our joint efforts, Taiwan and India will become even stronger partners in the Indo pacific...lets work together to advance our common goal of peace and prosperity".

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/india-china-standoff-hope-india-will-live-up-to-its-promise-and-hand-over-missing-soldier-says-china-336570" hreflang="en">Hope India will live up to its promise and hand over missing soldier: China</a>

Adding, "Taiwan and India are dependable and natural partners and we share fundamental values like rule of law, freedom, democracy, and respect for human rights"

Earlier, he was the director-general in East&nbsp;Asian and Pacific affairs. His past assignments included being the Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago.

His arrival comes at a time when India-China and China-Taiwan ties have suffered due to Beijing's increased aggressiveness. When it comes to India, China's aggressiveness at the Line of actual control in June led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers in Galway valley. With Taiwan, Chinese warplanes have breached the Taiwan strait median line.

Earlier this month, Taiwan's national day got a lot of public support after the Chinese embassy warned Indian media to not be part of it, sparking a backlash. Since then, in a growing sign of increased engagement, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-Wen has tweeted about her connection with India, especially her time in the country.

The previous envoy of Taiwan to India Tien Chung-Kwang went on to become deputy foreign minister of the country.

Bilateral trade has grown nearly six-fold from USD 1.19 billion in 2001 to almost USD 7.05 billion in 2018. India ranks as Taiwan’s 14th largest export destination and the 18th largest source of imports.

Taiwan's new envoy to India Baushuan Ger has arrived in India and expected to take charge officially shortly. He will be officially be heading the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC), the country's de facto embassy given under "One China" police New Delhi doesn't recognize Taiwan as a country.

Taiwan's new envoy to India Baushuan Ger has arrived in India and expected to take charge officially shortly. He will be officially be heading the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC), the country's de facto embassy given under "One China" police New Delhi doesn't recognize Taiwan as a country. In 1995, the two countries established representative offices in each other’s capitals, namely the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India (TECC) for the Republic of China (Taiwan) in New Delhi and India-Taipei Association (ITA) for India in Taipei. Ahead of arriving in India, Ger in a documentary that went on WION said, "I am confident that through our joint efforts, Taiwan and India will become even stronger partners in the Indo pacific...lets work together to advance our common goal of peace and prosperity". Also read: Hope India will live up to its promise and hand over missing soldier: China Adding, "Taiwan and India are dependable and natural partners and we share fundamental values like rule of law, freedom, democracy, and respect for human rights" Earlier, he was the director-general in East Asian and Pacific affairs. His past assignments included being the Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago. His arrival comes at a time when India-China and China-Taiwan ties have suffered due to Beijing's increased aggressiveness. When it comes to India, China's aggressiveness at the Line of actual control in June led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers in Galway valley. With Taiwan, Chinese warplanes have breached the Taiwan strait median line. Earlier this month, Taiwan's national day got a lot of public support after the Chinese embassy warned Indian media to not be part of it, sparking a backlash. Since then, in a growing sign of increased engagement, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-Wen has tweeted about her connection with India, especially her time in the country. The previous envoy of Taiwan to India Tien Chung-Kwang went on to become deputy foreign minister of the country. Bilateral trade has grown nearly six-fold from USD 1.19 billion in 2001 to almost USD 7.05 billion in 2018. India ranks as Taiwan’s 14th largest export destination and the 18th largest source of imports.

Taiwan's new envoy to India arrives in the country

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/taiwan-labels-china-latest-spy-accusation-as-fake-334879">Taiwan</a> President Tsai Ing-wen today tweeted a message saying the country was "lucky to be home to many Indian restaurants &amp; Taiwanese people love them."

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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Taiwan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Taiwan</a> is lucky to be home to many Indian restaurants, &amp; Taiwanese people love them. I always go for chana masala and naan, while <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chai</a> always takes me back to my travels in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#India</a>, and memories of a vibrant, diverse &amp; colourful country. What are your favourite Indian dishes? <a href="https://t.co/IJbf5yZFLY">pic.twitter.com/IJbf5yZFLY</a>
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"I always go for chana masala and naan, while chai always takes me back to my travels in India, and memories of a vibrant, diverse &amp; colourful country," the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/taiwan-claims-manipulation-after-china-shows-spy-confession-334594">Taiwan </a>president said in a tweet.

Tsai Ing-wen was quick to ask Twitterati on their "favourite Indian dishes".

The Taiwan government has made several friendship gestures towards India in the recent past amid growing tensions with <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/national-day-row-chinese-y-8-asw-aircraft-enters-taiwan-air-space-334300">China</a>. Earlier this month Taiwan's foreign minister Joseph Wu had hit out at the Chinese mission after it asked the Indian media to follow "One-China"&nbsp;policy.

A tweet by Taiwanese foreign ministry, said, "India is the largest democracy on Earth with a vibrant press &amp; freedom-loving people. But it looks like Communist China hoping to march into the subcontinent by imposing censorship."

"Taiwan's Indian friends will have one reply: GET LOST! JW", it said.

Earlier in the month, Taiwan had celebrated its National Day as Chinese jets entered its air space during the week leading to heightened tensions between the two countries.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen today tweeted a message saying the country was "lucky to be home to many Indian restaurants & Taiwanese people love them." #Taiwan is lucky to be home to many Indian restaurants, & Taiwanese people love them.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen today tweeted a message saying the country was "lucky to be home to many Indian restaurants & Taiwanese people love them." #Taiwan is lucky to be home to many Indian restaurants, & Taiwanese people love them. I always go for chana masala and naan, while #chai always takes me back to my travels in #India, and memories of a vibrant, diverse & colourful country. What are your favourite Indian dishes? pic.twitter.com/IJbf5yZFLY — 蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen (@iingwen) October 15, 2020 × "I always go for chana masala and naan, while chai always takes me back to my travels in India, and memories of a vibrant, diverse & colourful country," the Taiwan president said in a tweet. Tsai Ing-wen was quick to ask Twitterati on their "favourite Indian dishes". The Taiwan government has made several friendship gestures towards India in the recent past amid growing tensions with China. Earlier this month Taiwan's foreign minister Joseph Wu had hit out at the Chinese mission after it asked the Indian media to follow "One-China" policy. A tweet by Taiwanese foreign ministry, said, "India is the largest democracy on Earth with a vibrant press & freedom-loving people. But it looks like Communist China hoping to march into the subcontinent by imposing censorship." "Taiwan's Indian friends will have one reply: GET LOST! JW", it said. Earlier in the month, Taiwan had celebrated its National Day as Chinese jets entered its air space during the week leading to heightened tensions between the two countries.

I always go for chana masala and naan, tweets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen

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I always go for chana masala and naan, tweets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen