Taipei: Taiwan’s government has accused China of attempting to fabricate a legal justification for a potential military attack by misrepresenting a pivotal United Nations resolution, in a move that intensifies the ongoing dispute over sovereignty in the Taiwan Strait. According to Taiwan, China’s interpretation of U.N. Resolution 2758 is "misleading" and deliberately designed to alter the status quo between the two sides.

U.N. Resolution 2758, passed in 1971, led to Taiwan’s expulsion from the organization and granted Beijing the seat representing China. Beijing claims that this resolution provides international legal backing for its sovereignty over Taiwan. Taiwan, formally the Republic of China, countered that the resolution does not mention Taiwan and has never implied that the Peopl

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