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China Cites 1971 U.N. Vote to Bolster Taiwan Claim as U.S., Taipei Push Back

U.S. and Taiwan officials call the move a misuse of a 1971 vote.

China Premier Li Qiang addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2025.
Chess pieces are seen in front of displayed China and Taiwan's flags in this illustration taken January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Overview

  • The Chinese Foreign Ministry released a position paper asserting U.N. General Assembly Resolution 2758 "once and for all" confirms the one‑China principle and provides international legal backing for Beijing’s sovereignty claim over Taiwan.
  • The paper declared that any challenge to Resolution 2758 is a challenge to China’s sovereignty and to the authority of the United Nations.
  • Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said Beijing is deliberately misleading the international community to build a legal pretext to alter the status quo and to justify a future military assault, adding that only Taiwan’s elected government can represent its 23 million people.
  • The U.S. State Department and the American Institute in Taiwan rejected Beijing’s interpretation as an intentional mischaracterization, saying the resolution places no limits on countries engaging substantively with Taiwan and that postwar documents did not determine the island’s final status.
  • Resolution 2758 shifted China’s U.N. seat from Taipei to Beijing in 1971 without mentioning Taiwan’s sovereignty, while persistent PLA operations around the island continue as U.S. intelligence cites a 2027 capability target for potential action.