Greek officials say Taiwan is not a country

Politics Taiwan Politics
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Here’s an example of how. My Taiwanese friend and her Greek boyfriend were going to get married. But when they went to the municipality where the Greek man resided, the city told them they couldn’t get married. Why? Because there was a previous court case where a Taiwanese woman and a Greek man wanted to have a civil marriage, but his parents objected. The parents of the Greek man hired a lawyer to block the marriage. The lawyer used the argument that Taiwan is not a country, and therefore her identification was invalid. The Chinese embassy didn’t help either, saying they had no records of Taiwanese citizens.

Ever since then, some cities in Greece just won’t marry any Greeks with Taiwanese. All of these couples are educated women and men who met at universities in the UK.

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That’s it time to treat Greek spouses like PRC brides, until they learn to respect us as equals.

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They could force the Greek representative office to call itself the “Trade Office of Turkish Athens” or something. (Like "Chinese Taipei.)

Oh wait, there isn’t a trade office. Well, I guess you could lodge protests with the Greek restaurant or the local Orthodox church.

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Why should they respect Taiwanese as equals? It is a fact that the sovereignty of Taiwan was never transferred to the ROC government after WWII …

Taiwan is not a sovereign country.

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jimmy,

Does that mean all the marriages of Taiwanese with foriegn spouses are void, since Taiwan is not a country.

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AC wrote:

I suppose it`s possible if they were married in Greece.

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A fat Greek Wedding :smiley:

But still the ROC has a TECO in Athena…your friend can ask them what to do.

All Greeks I meet are pretty nationalism. They think they are the oldest culture in the world,most developed one and so on…

During the Kosovo war they hold demonstrations against NATO ( by support them at the same time). And they showed a high solidarity to the Chinese people who had a bomb embassy in the more broken Kosovo.

Say Greek and I would say :raspberry:

Here is the TECO address:

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office,Athena Greece
57, Marathonofromon Ave., 154 52 Psychico,Athena Greece
MAILING ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 65281, 154 52 Psychico…
Tel.:002-30-210-677-6750
Fax.:002-30-210-677-6708
E-Mail: 777teco@otenet.gr

Perhaps the Taiwanese lady should change her religion. From some Turkish I meet in Germany told me how they treat a possible son or daughter in law who is a non Greek.