55 Years at the UN: How China Uses the Posts It Holds to Further Its Policy Goals
Beijing seeks greater influence over global institutions to advance Chinese state interests at the expense of their international mandates. Photo courtesy of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York. October 25 marks the 55th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China taking China’s seat at the United Nations. On that date in 1971, General Assembly Resolution 2758 transferred the