Beijing calls on EU not to 'challenge' resolution on China's UN seat

China called on the European Union on Oct 7 not to "challenge" a 1971 UN resolution that led to Beijing assuming China's seat in the organisation from Taipei.

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China and Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory, have been locked in an increasingly bitter dispute about UN Resolution 2758. China says the resolution gives international legal backing to its territorial claims over Taiwan, and reiterated that point in a long Foreign Ministry statement last week that Taipei condemned.

The EU said the UN resolution that led to Beijing assuming China's seat from Taiwan was about switching representation and did not mention Taiwan. China's Foreign Ministry said the EU remarks were a "distortion" of the resolution.