Canada’s Acting Envoy in Beijing to Go to Taiwan for New Appointment

Canada’s Acting Envoy in Beijing to Go to Taiwan for New Appointment
Deputy chief of Mission of Canadian embassy Jim Nickel speaks to journalists and diplomats at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 11, 2021. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images
Isaac Teo
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Canada’s acting envoy in Beijing will be sent to Taiwan to take on the unofficial role of ambassador to the self-ruled island amid its rising tensions with China, says a report by Globe and Mail.

Jim Nickel, chargé d’affaires in Beijing, has been appointed by Ottawa to become the next executive director of the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei, whose mission is to represent Canada’s interests in Taiwan in “the absence of formal diplomatic relations.”