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= China in the international stage = | = China in the international stage = | ||
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However, China's seat in the United Nations and membership of the United Nations Security Council has been occupied by the People's Republic of China (PRC) since October 25, 1971. The representatives of the PRC first attended the UN, including the United Nations Security Council, as China's representatives on November 23, 1971.<br><br> | |||
Since the end of the Cold War, the PRC has notably not attempted to use the UN as a counterbalance against the United States as Russia and France have done. In the 1991 Gulf War resolution, the PRC abstained, and it voted for the ultimatum to Iraq in the period leading up to the Second Gulf War. Most observers believe that the PRC would have abstained had a resolution authorising force against Iraq in 2003 reached the Security Council.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_and_the_United_Nations#The_People.27s_Republic_of_China_in_the_UN]<br><br> | |||
In human rights issues, the PRC has been increasingly successful at maintaining their positions, although China used try to cover the truth of "Tiananmen Square protests of 1989" in order to prevent the blame from the world.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989] In 1995, they won 43 percent of the votes in the General Assembly; by 2006 they won 82 percent.<br><br> | |||
== WTO == | == WTO == | ||