cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/4963126
- China, Taiwan have different interpretations of 1971 U.N. resolution
- Beijing assumed China’s U.N. seat from Taipei
- China says Taiwan belongs to it, which Taipei rejects
…
China says that 1971’s UN Resolution 2758, which led to Beijing taking over representing China from Taipei, gives international legal backing to its territorial claims over Taiwan, and reiterated that point in a long foreign ministry statement last week.
Taiwan says Beijing is trying to use its “misleading” interpretation of the resolution to create the legal basis for a future attempt to invade and take over the country.
…
Beijing, which has not ruled out the use of force to take control of Taiwan, says it gives international legal backing to its claims over the island, and reiterated that point in a long foreign ministry statement last week that Taipei condemned.
…
An EU spokesperson said: “As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China has a special responsibility in upholding the rules-based international order, the United Nations Charter and international law. This includes the prohibition of the use of force and the maintenance of international peace and security.”
Taiwan’s formal name is the Republic of China. The Republican government continued to represent China in the U.N. after 1949, when it fled to the island after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong’s communists, until the 1971 resolution was passed.
The U.S. State Department also said last week China was intentionally mis-characterising the resolution as part of broader “coercive attempts to isolate Taiwan from the international community”.
No EU member state has formal ties with Taiwan, whose government rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims.
But Taiwan has sought greater support from Europe, with its foreign minister visiting the continent twice last month.
The EU representative should say that to the USA and Israel to have a moral ground.