The Guardian: Taiwan has no right to join UN, China says, as US ratchets up tensions
Beijing furious at US call for island to have ‘meaningful participation’ in international body
China has said Taiwan has no right to join the United Nations, after the US increased tensions with a call for the democratic island to have greater involvement in the world body.
In a statement marking 50 years since the UN general assembly voted to seat Beijing and boot out Taipei, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Tuesday he regretted that Taiwan had been increasingly excluded on the world stage.
“As the international community faces an unprecedented number of complex and global issues, it is critical for all stakeholders to help address these problems.
This includes the 24 million people who live in Taiwan,” he said.
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WNU Editor: China is responding to this .... Blinken urges all U.N. member states to support Taiwan participation (AFP).
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