[Libertina]

Hi D. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I had heard that the ROC did indeed have the choice to accept a seat on the UN as ROC. But Chiang Kai Shek, sadly, in his determination to regain control of the mailand, refused. After that, Taiwan was not represented in the UN, the general died, and Taiwan was S-O-O-L. (If you know that rather indelicate expression :) Taiwan could have continued to sit on the UN as the ROC and been assured of autonomy, but the general made a terrible error.

[HighRoadToChina]

To my knowledge, ROC had always had a seat on the Security Council of the UN because ROC was one of the original founders of the UN. ROC was kicked off the UNSEC when the Communist nations and the so-called "Third World" voted ROC out of the UN for PRC.