Shashi Tharoor

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Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor

2. After the Communist takeover of China in 1949, the seat continued to be held by the ousted Govt of Chiang Kai-Shek based in Taiwan, which called itself the Republic of China. Nehru rightly felt that this arrangement lacked credibility & that a tiny island state could not be... — PolitiTweet.org

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Since my book #NehruTheInventionOfIndia is being cited by the BJP, let's have some context here: 1. China was an original Permanent Member of the Security Council from the signing of the @UN Charter in 1945. (continued in this thread) — PolitiTweet.org

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...a Permanent Member with veto power on the Council. 3. Nehru therefore called on the other Permanent Members to admit Communist China (PRC) to the @UN & give it the Permanent seat held by Taiwan. 4. US understood the objection to RoC but was unwilling to admit the Communist PRC — PolitiTweet.org

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