Article: China may submit new resolution to block Taiwan's UN bid

Taipei, Aug. 3 -- China may submit a new resolution to the United Nations (UN) to block Taiwan's bid to rejoin the world body, a newspaper reported Friday.

The Liberty Times quoted Taiwan intelligence sources as saying that China may be planning to submit a new resolution to the UN to amend the drawbacks of Resolution 2758, under which the UN expelled Taiwan to accept China in 1971.

Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon July 20 to demand UN membership for Taiwan. Ban rejected the application, citing Resolution 2758.

Chen replied to Ban a week later, arguing that Resolution 2758 only solved the issue of China's representative in the UN but did ...

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