March 7, 2025
No. 058
At a press conference held on March 7 during sessions of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi falsely claimed that United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 2758 had once and for all resolved the issue of the representation of the whole of China, including Taiwan, in the UN. He also alleged that the “only reference to the Taiwan region in the UN is ‘Taiwan, Province of China,’” promoting spurious narratives that distorted the facts and deviated from the truth. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) solemnly condemns and expresses strong disappointment at this renewed and blatant attempt to unilaterally disrupt the status quo and this malicious conduct aimed at deceiving and misleading the international community.
As a matter of fact, UNGA Resolution 2758 made no mention of Taiwan throughout its entire text and thus could not have stated that Taiwan was a part of the People’s Republic of China, nor did it legally authorize the PRC to represent Taiwan or the Taiwanese people in the UN and its specialized agencies. China’s deliberate manipulations contradict the principle of universality enshrined in the UN Charter. Additionally, its military provocations in the Taiwan Strait, East and South China Seas, and other areas in recent years have clearly jeopardized peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. The claims that China made regarding Taiwan and its actions in the region represent blatant attempts to undermine the status quo.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung calls on the international community to oppose China’s repeated misrepresentation of UNGA Resolution 2758 and its attempts to alter the status quo of neither side being subordinate to the other. Minister Lin also urges nations worldwide to jointly condemn China for again resorting to flagrant provocation and disruption of the status quo. MOFA reiterates that the Republic of China (Taiwan) is an independent and sovereign country; that Taiwan has never been a part of the PRC; and that neither democratic Taiwan nor authoritarian China being subordinate to the other is the status quo across the Taiwan Strait and a long-standing, internationally recognized, and objective fact. Only Taiwan’s democratically elected government has the right to represent the 23.5 million people of Taiwan in the UN system and the international arena. The PRC has no right to interfere. (E)