Taiwan has accused China of trying to create a legal basis for its invasion with the misinterpretation of the United Nations’ (UN) Resolution 2758 of 1971 that expelled the self-ruled island democracy and recognised the Communist China as the representative of the Chinese nation.
Taiwan on Wednesday accused China of trying to create a legal basis for an invasion of the self-ruled island with its misinterpretation of the United Nations (UN) Resolution 2758 from 1971 — the most important consequential international diplomatic decision in the China-Taiwan dispute.
By claiming that the UN Resolution 2758 recognised China’s claim over Taiwan’s territory, China was trying to create a legal basis for changing the status quo and invading the self-ruled island in the future, said Taiwan’s foreign ministry, according to Reuters.
China considers Taiwan to be a break-away province and is committed to merge it with the mainland — forcefully if needed. The US intelligence community has concluded that Chinese leader Xi has ordered the Chinese military to be prepared for an invasion of Taiwan by 2027. He has set 2049 —the centenary of the establishment of Communist China— as the deadline to invade Taiwan and merge it.
Even as most of the world recognises China and only maintains informal relations without formal recognition with Taiwan, most of the major powers oppose the change of the status quo by force.
How China is laying ground for Taiwan’s invasion
In a statement about the Chinese interpretation of the UN resolution, Taiwan said China was “deliberately misleading” the international community.
“This aims to create a legal basis for altering the status quo across the Taiwan Strait and for future military assault against Taiwan. Only Taiwan’s democratically elected government can represent the 23 million people of Taiwan within the United Nations system and multilateral international mechanisms,” said Taiwan.
In response, Chinese foreign ministry told Reuters that no matter what Taiwan says, it does not change the fact that both sides of the Taiwan Strait are part of “one China” and that “reunification” would happen — China has long called the envisioned invasion, occupation, and subsequent merger of Taiwan “reunification”.
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