UN Resolution 2758
Does the United States ever invite one of its own states to international meetings? Of course not. So why does it invite China's province Taiwan?
There are many subtle ways in the world of politics to endlessly harass and undermine other sovereign states. And this is certainly true when it comes to the way the United States uses the Taiwan question to undermine China. While on the one hand insisting that the United States supports and recognizes the One China policy and does not seek the independence of Taiwan, the endless provocations reveal sorely lacking diplomacy and respect for the country that is now the world's next global superpower.
In today's world, 75% of Taiwan's economy is directly tied to the mainland. Don’t remind Nancy Pelosi or Bonnie Glaser of this unless you want to spoil their day.
Ms. Glaser in particular has often published a narrative of distortions to muck up the waters of the 1971 United Nations Resolution 2758, placing Taiwan where it belongs in the annals of history as an independently governed province and territory of China. Any ongoing arguments on how to settle this unsettled civil affair between Beijing & Taipei belongs strictly between those two parties.
I don't hear Ms. Glaser encouraging China to weigh in on the status of Puerto Rico, the nasty annexation of Hawaii or the legislation on the secession of Texas in the United States, which by the way, was squashed like a bug by the U.S. Supreme Court. No matter China with its ability to be rational and diplomatic have yet to offer to sell any weapons to those proud Texas politicians.
Let's take a look at the clause found in UN Resolution 2758 to see for ourselves how crystal clear it actually is.
The resolution states that the United Nations General Assembly decided to
"restore ALL rights of the People's Republic of China, recognize the representatives of her government as the SOLE legitimate representatives of China in the United Nations and immediately expel the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the seats they ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED in the United Nations and ALL its affiliated agencies."
In case you’re unaware, Chiang Kai-shek was the leader of Taiwan being referred to at that moment in the clause. So even a twelve year old knows that the resolution was referring specifically and obviously to Taiwan. He wasn't the king of Zimbabwe or Governor of Wyoming, eh?
The Taiwan International Solidarity Act was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives in July 2023 and is sitting in the Senate ever since and that's the relevantpoint of how Washington manipulates the political environment. Whether it ever passes or not is irrelevant, the very fact that it exists gives them the ability to create another talking point in their narrative to undermine Beijing. Here are some examples of what really amounts to vacuous doublespeak that holds no water and entirely lacks legal basis.
…Laura Rosenberger, head of the American Association in Taiwan (AIT), argued that “General Assembly Resolution 2758 did not make a decision on Taiwan’s status and did not rule out other countries establishing diplomatic relations with Taiwan.”
…In April 2024, when Mark Lambert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, attended a think tank event, he expressed his views on General Assembly Resolution 2758 more systematically, that the resolution "does not equate with the 'one-China principle', does not affect the relations between countries and Taiwan, does not constitute the official position of the United Nations on Taiwan's status, and does not exclude Taiwan's participation in international organizations such as the United Nations."
…In September 2023, several lawmakers, including Bob Menendez, took the 52nd anniversary of General Assembly Resolution 2758 as an opportunity to issue a statement saying that the resolution “does not refer to Taiwan’s status.” It also said that promoting Taiwan's "meaningful participation" International organizations "completely resolve the letter and spirit."
Wait Senator Menendez. It does not refer to Taiwan’s status?!
Obviously it does, as to “immediately expel the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the seats they ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED…” directly refers to Taiwan! It doesn’t refer to Zimbabwe or Wyoming or Guam or Tahiti, does it?…it is directly referring to Taiwan and the UN representative of Taiwan himself that day affirmed it. So this is how the game of rhetoric is played and nobody plays it better than Washington.
Interpol also insisted that “the People’s Republic of China is the only representative of China.” ... Taiwan is part of China." Taiwan's application for membership was rejected by Interpol. No surprise.
The idea of “expand Taiwan's international participation” is just a trope, another false piece in the propaganda narrative giving U.S. politicians the excuse to throw another disrespectful malevolent dart at China by distorting the obvious meaning and intent of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758. And speaking of being resolute, Taiwan's peaceful reunification with the mainland was something even Chiang Kai-shek himself wanted. I'll bet you didn't know that and it helps the world to understand the spirit uniting the Chinese people in a way that far surpasses the childish political gyrations back in Washington.
Since the Taiwan Policy Review during the Clinton Administration, we have the use of thia false naarative to give Taiwan “meaningful participation” at theinternational events of sovereign nations. Taiwan is not in any way a sovereign nation, not even by its own legal standing declarations.
Currently the Biden administration will support Taiwan's "meaningful pparticipation"at international organizations and senior officials such as Secretary of State Blinken have repeatedly expressed support for Taiwan's participation in international organizations. The United States also gathers allies to try to expand support for Taiwan's "meaningful participation" at events.
However, according to the intent and the agenda of the day that 2758 passed, nothing could be clearer than that the one-China principle is the consensus of all countries who voted for it. And judging from the statement made by the representative of Taiwan that day, the Taiwanese authorities also agreed with the one-China principle. Taiwan's representative on that very day made clear Taiwan was part of China and "completely agrees" with “The Inseparability of the Chinese Nation” and said, "... ... Taiwan is the territory of China. I couldn't agree more on that. Taiwan is indeed Chinese territory, “ the UN Taiwanese said on the last day of his position.
One would think that settles that, except when it suits the U.S. for its strategic interests to try to revise history, spit in the face of diplomacy and create excuses because selling weapons to anyone makes a tidy profit, because Taiwan controls critical chips in the U.S. semiconductor supply chain and because they need to manufacture the reasons to dominate the world by its military presence.
The idea to “expand Taiwan's international participation” is also just a propaganda trope, another false piece in the propaganda narrative giving U.S. politicians the excuse to throw another disrespectful malevolent dart at China by distorting the obvious meaning and intent of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758.
And speaking of being resolute, Taiwan's peaceful reunification with the mainland was something even Chiang Kai-shek himself wanted. I'll bet you didn't know that. Such a tidbit helps the world to understand the spirit uniting the Chinese people in a way that far surpasses the childish political gyrations back in Washington.
These matters are not only manipulation at the political level, but also at the level of international law, moving the red line closer and closer to an event that draws flesh bloodshed in the Asia-Pacific region. And why not? The U.S. seems delighted to create circumstances leading to “rivers of blood” as MacArthur noted during the Korean war and as we have today in Ukraine and in Gaza.
Even the blood of Palestinian children blown up by Lockheed Martin bombs doesn’t satiate the endless lust of the U.S. war machine so why would they care at all about Taiwan becoming just another blood-soaked island to pay for U.S. strategic interests and world dominance.
At the 2023 China-US summit, China pointed out that the Taiwan issue “is the foundation of the political foundation of China-US relations and the first insurmountable red line of China-US relations.”
If I was a politician in Washington, I’d be paying closer attention to that word “insurmountable”.
Free the Kingdom of Hawaii, Free the Kingdom of Okinawa.