Video: 'SYND 26-10-71 DEBATE ENDS ON CHINA'S ENTRY INTO UNITED NATIONS'

(Monday, October 25, 1971, 11:17 p.m. EDT) — In a tense and emotion?filled meeting of more than eight hours, the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly tonight to approve United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, admitting the communist government of mainland China, known as the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and to expelling the United States-backed Kuomintang (KMT) Nationalist Government, based primarily on the offshore island of Taiwan. Continue reading UN General Assembly votes to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan in major defeat for U.S. 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 25 1971) →