On October 29, 2025, Chinese Ambassador to Canada Wang Di published a byline article titled "UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 Brooks No Distortion or Challenge" on the Hill Times. The full article is below:

Recently, certain forces have been hyping up the Taiwan question, distorting and challenging the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, and reviving the falsehood that “Taiwan’s status is undetermined” in a bid to pave the way for the Taiwan authorities to seek more “diplomatic space”. Such erroneous claims send seriously wrong signals to the world and mislead people’s perception regarding the Taiwan question. This makes my clarification necessary here.

The People’s Republic of China’s sovereignty over Taiwan has long been affirmed by the UNGA Resolution 2758.

On October 25, 1971, prior to adopting the UNGA Resolution 2758, the 26th session of the UNGA overwhelmingly rejected the “dual representation” proposals to create “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan”, or pursue “Taiwan self-determination”. This means that, under the premise that Taiwan is recognized as part of China by the UN, the representation and seat of the whole of China, Taiwan included, in the UN were restored to the PRC government and that the territorial scope of China, as a subject of international law, has not been altered, and the status of Taiwan as part of China has never changed. After the adoption of the UNGA Resolution 2758, all official UN documents have referred to Taiwan as “Taiwan, Province of China.” It was clearly stated in the official legal opinions of the Office of Legal Affairs of the UN Secretariat that “the United Nations considers ‘Taiwan’ as a province of China with no independent status.” The UNGA Resolution 2758 has long affirmed that Taiwan is a province of China and that China possesses sovereignty over Taiwan. The claim that “Taiwan’s status is undetermined” defies historical facts, lacks legal basis, and is pure fallacy.

The UNGA Resolution 2758 carries extensive and authoritative legal force, and serves as the authoritative basis for the UN system and organizations to properly handle the Taiwan question.

The UN is an international organization consisting of sovereign states. Since Taiwan is part of China, not a sovereign state, it therefore has no right to send representatives to the UN. The UNGA Resolution 2758 stated in black and white that “it recognizes the representatives of the Government of PRC as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations, and expels forthwith the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the place which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the organizations related to it.” The UNGA Resolution 2758 resolved once and for all politically, legally and procedurally the issue of the representation of the whole of China, including Taiwan, at the UN, and made it clear that there can only be one seat representing China at the UN and the government of the PRC is the sole legal government representing the whole of China, including Taiwan. There is no such thing as “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan.” Taiwan’s participation in international organizations must be handled in line with the one-China principle, which is also a fundamental principle established by the UNGA Resolution 2758. The Taiwan region does not have any ground, reason, or right to join the UN, or any other international organization whose membership is confined to sovereign states.

The essence of the one-China principle or the one-China policy is both about “one China”.

The core connotation of the one-China principle includes three aspects: There is but one China in the world; Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory; and the Government of the PRC is the sole legal government representing the whole of China. To date, 183 countries have established and developed diplomatic relations with China on the basis of the one-China principle. The one-China principle has became a basic norm of international relations and a prevailing consensus in the international community. Be it the one-China principle or the one-China policy, their essence is both about “one China”. If one recognizes “one China”, then one cannot treat Taiwan as an independent country or independent political entity, cannot engage in official contacts or exchanges with Taiwan in any form, still less misinterpret the one-China principle with their skewed version of one-China policies. There is no room for ambiguity on this major matter of principle. Otherwise, the mutual political trust will be undermined and the political foundation of the bilateral relations will be jeopardized.

The United Nations is at the core of the post-World War II international order. Canada and China, having supported each other during the world anti-fascist war, share a profound understanding of the importance of upholding the victorious outcomes of the war and the post-war international order. Canada voted in favor of the UNGA Resolution 2758 in 1971, which clearly demonstrated its stance of justice. In recent high-level exchanges between China and Canada, the Canadian side has unequivocally reaffirmed its adherence to the one-China policy. China is willing to work with Canada on the basis of the one-China principle to bring China-Canada relations onto a path of healthy, sable and sustainable development, for the benefit of the two countries and the two peoples.