Relationship dossier
India
Taiwan
Relationship assessment
Substantive unofficial ties, with economic cooperation constrained by the absence of formal diplomatic relations
India toward Taiwan
+25India permits Taiwan’s representative office to operate and concluded a bilateral investment agreement with Taiwan, supporting practical economic engagement without formal diplomatic recognition.
Taiwan toward India
+35Taiwan has included India as a partner in its New Southbound Policy and has pursued investment and educational engagement with India, including through representative offices.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship is structured around practical economic and educational engagement conducted without formal diplomatic relations. Investment cooperation and Taiwan’s inclusion of India in its New Southbound Policy provide a basis for sustained contact, while India’s lack of formal recognition limits the relationship’s diplomatic scope.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
India and Taiwan maintain substantive but unofficial relations, particularly in economic and educational areas. India hosts Taiwan’s representative office and has pursued investment cooperation, while Taiwan has treated India as a partner under its New Southbound Policy. The relationship remains constrained by India’s lack of formal diplomatic recognition of Taiwan.
Key developments
India and Taiwan established representative offices to facilitate unofficial exchanges.
India and Taiwan concluded a bilateral investment agreement.
Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy identified India as a partner for expanded engagement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral investment cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of current government-to-government cooperation beyond economic and educational ties is uncertain.