Question: Why did Resolution 2758 recognize the P.R.C government as the sole legitimate government representing China in the UN?

Answer: In April 1945, representatives from 50 countries across the world met in San Francisco of the United States for the United Nations Conference on International Organization. In June, the United Nations Charter was adopted and signed. And after China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and most other countries signatories submitted their instruments of ratification in October, the Charter entered into force and thus the United Nations formally came into being. In 1949, the Chinese people overturned the government of the Republic of China. On October 1, 1949, the People's Republic of China was established. And its Government has ever since become the sole legal government of China. The People's Republic has so far established diplomatic relations with 160 countries. On October 25, 1971, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, which states: "The Government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legitimate government representing China in the United Nations, and the People's Republic of China is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council." It also restores "all lawful rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations." At the same time, the "representative" of the Taiwan authorities was expelled from the world organization. The United Nations and the whole world have recognized that there is but one China in the world, of which Taiwan is an inalienable part, and that the Government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legitimate government representing China.