Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials are distorting the meaning and context of a more than 50-year-old United Nations (U.N.) resolution in an effort to claim Taiwan as part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), to choke off all discussion of the sovereign territory’s status, and to limit the diplomatic options available to the self-ruled island, according to a new report.
The report by the German Marshall Fund of the United States detailed an effort on the part of Beijing to use a rhetorical sleight of hand to twist the meaning of the resolution to incorporate its “One China” principle—the CCP position that Taiwan is part of the PRC—and thereby gain leverage and exert pressure over other powers on the Taiwan issue.
