Taiwan: India's distant neighbour

Between two estranged siblings - Taiwan officially known as Republic of China (ROC) and mainland China or People’s Republic of China (PRO) with which India shares a contested land border, India and its civil society seems to have moved much closer to the former notwithstanding the distance of about 4372 nautical miles and nonrecognition of diplomatic relations.

- Rup Narayan Das

Relationship between India and Taiwan, two vibrant and boisterous democracies, is palpable which is evident in the growing popularity of Taiwanese brands starting from electronics to bubble tea. Taiwan which is observing its National Day on 10 October has probed over the years that it is not only a technological miracle, but also a democratic miracle. India and Taiwan have calibrated the bilateral relationship between the two ina substantive way in terms of bourgeoning economic engagement and people-to-people contact leveraging the convergence of democratic values.