Resolution 2758: A Witness to History at the UN

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  Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story, this is the point.

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  And I witnessed to the day history was made.

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  The day was October 25th, 1971, the 26th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which adopted Resolution 2758.

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  This monumental resolution restored all rights to the People's Republic of China and recognized the representatives of its government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the UN.

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  Welcome to a special edition of The Point with me, Liu Xin, coming to you from Beijing.

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  I have a special guest today.

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  He was born in Taiwan and witnessed the passing of that historic resolution in the UN's headquarters in New York 54 years ago.

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  What were his thoughts as he witnessed this historic moment?

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  What does he think of those now bringing into question Resolution 2758?

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  I'm pleased to be joined by Charles Liu, founder of Howe Capital,

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  who is also a senior fellow at Taihe Institute and founding director of the Center for China and the world at City University of Macau.

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  Charles, welcome to The Point.

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  Thank you for having me.

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  Let's talk about that very important day in the history of China, October 25th, 1971,

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  where there was a historic vote on whether China's lawful rights should be restored to representatives from the People's Republic of China and that motion was passed with a landslide.

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  You were there.

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  Tell us about it.

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  I was there and I can't describe the feeling at that time of having watched this whole process go on.

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  For many years, many friends of China tried to bring China back to their lawful seats,

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  but failed because of the procedural motion.

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