I believe that many people have seen this picture, but they don't know who the person in the photo is, why are they smiling so happily?
Let's first understand the source of the photo, October 25, 1971, which is the day when China resumed its seat in the United Nations.
The representative of China who looked up to the sky and laughed
On that day, China successfully restored the seat of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations with 76 votes in favor and 35 against.
So the question is, why did the US veto of the 35 votes against it not work?
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On the eve of China's resumption of its seat in the United Nations
The year 1971 was probably the most aggrieved year for Chiang Kai-shek after he curled up in Taiwan, and he called the "representative to the United Nations" every day to inquire about the seat, but the responses of various countries were vague.
The United States also hesitated, saying that China's entry into the United Nations was the trend of the times, and Chiang Kai-shek could not do anything about it, and that the representatives of the Taiwan region did not have the slightest right to speak in the United Nations, and the Yankees also abandoned them.
The idea of the creation of the United Nations today began with the "Yalta Conference", when the three giants of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union came together to create a new union.
The Old Union had no authority because it had not succeeded in preventing the outbreak of World War II.
On June 26, 1945, 51 countries signed the Charter of the United Nations in San Francisco, and the new United Nations was formally established, and China was the first country to sign it.
At that time, the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Britain, and France were designated as permanent members.
Britain itself was one of the elders who negotiated with the United States and the Soviet Union to establish the United Nations, but there were two great powers on it, the United States and the Soviet Union, and Britain was afraid that it would be marginalized, so it pulled in France, which was about the same rank as itself, and France was naturally very willing.
As for China, the situation in China is very complicated.
At that time, China was in a situation of internal and external incursion, and China was not only a great power in the actual sense, but also the main battlefield during World War II.
Chiang Kai-shek, supported by the United States, believed that after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, it would become a powerful weapon for the United States to impose sanctions on the Soviet Union.
The opposition of the Soviet Union was not adopted, after all, at that time China assumed the main firepower of the Asian fascist battlefield and made an indelible and decisive "contribution" to the victory of the world anti-fascists.
If this reason does not allow China to enter the P5, then the establishment of a new United Nations will be meaningless, and the Soviet Union will be forced to agree.
But the Soviet Union can agree, in fact, it also has its own thoughts, the Communist Party of China is also constantly developing and expanding, and it is not certain who will die.
If Taipei doesn't go, Beijing doesn't come
In 1949, the People's Republic of China was founded, and the United States and China began a Cold War that lasted for more than 20 years, and China and the Soviet Union entered a honeymoon period.
The representative of China also went to the United Nations to talk about the issue of China's seat.
However, under the deliberate obstruction of the United States and Chiang Kai-shek, it caused many obstacles for New China's return to the United Nations, and each time the topic was rejected with "postponement of discussion".
The American "Dr. Kissinger" said the following: "By vetoing China, the United States is sending victory to the Soviet Union."
This is true, now that China is getting stronger and stronger, even the United States has suffered a big loss at the hands of China, and if it blindly rejects China, it will add help to the Soviet Union.
Even Britain and France were embarrassed to learn that the United States had prevented China from entering the United Nations.
At that time, the United States was in a moment of economic crisis, and Britain, France, and other countries learned that the United States refused to allow China to enter the United Nations and refused to invest in Wall Street.
The Nixon administration had no choice but to agree to China's entry into the United Nations.
However, the US representative to the United Nations seems to want to try to agree with China's restoration of its seat in the United Nations while retaining Taiwan's status in the United Nations.
This proposal was laughed at by the insiders, who shouted "NO" at the scene.
After China entered the United Nations, it naturally became one of the five permanent members, but there is another reason why China can serve as one of the five permanent members!
Strictly speaking, China is not entering the United Nations in a new capacity, but continuing the core of one China.
This is the main reason why China has to withdraw Taiwan from the United Nations.
As long as Taiwan withdraws, China will inherit Taiwan's position in the five permanent members of the United Nations.
China's accession has actually stabilized the international situation and formed a three-legged international situation, which is why the United States and the Soviet Union will not refuse, compared with the Soviet Union or the United States, a neutral and friendly China can better balance the world situation.
In fact, the United States cannot use a veto, in addition to the international situation, there is another important reason.
China and Asian and African countries are very friendly, and after the founding of China, these countries have very much supported China's entry into the P5, and they have put forward the "two Arab proposals" before New China can enter.
Although their power is small, China has an absolute advantage in the number of votes, but if the United States uses a veto, it will be in vain.
However, as mentioned earlier, New China is inheriting Taiwan's seat in the United Nations, not applying for a new membership, and the change of regime is not within the scope of a veto, but needs to be decided by a vote of all members of the United Nations.
The United States is no longer able to prevent China from restoring its seat in the five permanent members of the United Nations, and it is in the midst of an economic crisis.
In July 1971, Nixon had already made a low-key visit to China, laying the foundation for the lifting of the Cold War between China and the United States, and also representing the United States' early goodwill towards China.