In 1964 France became the first European country to switch recognition to the People's Republic instead but continued to sell major weapon platforms to the ROC following its retreat to Taiwan.

[3][better source needed] Meanwhile, the French decided to put pressure on China by landing an expeditionary corps in northern Taiwan to seize Keelung and Tamsui, redeeming the failure of 6 August and finally winning the 'pledge' they sought.

The French force was too small to advance beyond Keelung, and the Pei-tao coal mines remained in Chinese hands.

[9] France continued to sell weapons to the ROC but put an end to this practice in 1994 when it normalised its ties with the PRC and accepted Taiwan as a part of China.

[17][18][19] In April 2023, French president Emmanuel Macron said "The question Europeans need to answer… is it in our interest to accelerate [a crisis] on Taiwan?

[20] In May 2023, Taiwanese solid state battery manufacturer ProLogium announced that it would open a 5.2 billion euro primary international production center in Dunkirk at a ceremony headlined by President Macron.

[26] Arms dealer Andrew Wang fled Taiwan to the UK after the body of presumptive whistleblower Captain Yin Ching-feng was found floating in the sea.

[27] In 2001, Swiss authorities froze accounts held by Andrew Wang and his family in connection to the Taiwan frigate scandal.