CHINA AND THE UN AT 50

China was one of the architects of the UN. The country was the first signatory of the UN Charter in San Francisco in 1945.

Yet it was only in October 1971, with the Chinese delegation led by then Vice Foreign Minister Qiao Guanhua, that the People’s Republic of China’s representation in the UN was resumed. Since that time, the UN has had the great privilege of witnessing and supporting China in achieving one of the greatest periods of socioeconomic progress in world history.

Now, on the 50th anniversary of China’s return to the UN, as we commemorate a half-century of cooperation, the question naturally emerges: Which