Talk:Timeline of Taiwanese history

1403: the Ming admiral Zheng He places Taiwan under Chinese sovereignity

I looked at the pages History of Taiwan and the page of Zheng He and neither mention this. Could someone please source this? Arne Brasseur 08:14, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I yanked it. It isn't mentioned in the history given at Taiwan's GIO site; it doesn't match with what I remember reading about Zheng He's journey's, and it isn't mentioned in histories of Taiwan I've read. Readin (talk) 06:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Pro-Ming in 1592?

• 1592: Japan seeks sovereignty over Taiwan (Takayamakoku 高山国 in Japanese, lit. high mountain country) but was met with considerable resistance with the pro-Ming inhabitants of the island.

I checked the source given, and it says that Japanese tried and failed; it said nothing about resitence from pro-Ming inhabitants. Readin (talk) 06:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I removed the reference to the "pro-Ming" resistance. Readin (talk) 05:15, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

"Taiwan" application summarily rejected by General Assembly?

Taiwan applies for membership in the United Nations under the name "Taiwan", and is summarily rejected by the General Assembly. The General Assembly overwhelmingly endorses the PRC's assertion of Beijing as the sole legitimate government of China, including Taiwan.

Is there a source for this? If someone has one it would be nice. Otherwise I'll try to dig something up. The reaction by the secretary-general of the UN and the controversy surrounding his misstatements seems like it should be included too.

According to International Herald Tribune, "http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/24/asia/AS-GEN-Taiwan-UN-China.php".

The application was returned by the U.N. Office of Legal Affairs, according to the U.N.'s Chinese-language Web site.

It doesn't sound like it ever made it to the General Assembly.

According to Global Security,

MOFA spokesman Wang Chien-yeh said Friday Chen's letter applying for U.N. membership under the name of Taiwan was delivered July 31 to Wang Guangya, who served as rotating president of the U.N. Security Council for July, through the U.N. representatives of Swaziland and the Solomon Islands, two of Taiwan's diplomatic allies.

However, Wang Guangya returned immediately Chen's letter the same day, arguing that Resolution 2758 adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1971 recognizes the representatives of the People's Republic of China government as the "only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations, " and that China's representation in the U.N. "naturally" includes Taiwan.

Wang Chien-yeh said Wang Guangya's remarks are unacceptable to Taiwan as it will mislead the world community and sacrifice the basic human rights of Taiwan's 23 million people.

He added that only the U.N. Security Council and General Assembly have the right to screen and decide membership applications, which is why Chen sent Wang Guangya the letter after a letter sent to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon earlier in July was rejected, with Ban noting that U.N. membership is only granted to sovereign countries and that the U.N. considers Taiwan to be "part of China."

Wang Guangya failed to do his job by not delivering Chen's letter to the U.N. Security Council for screening, Wang Chien-yeh added.

Found a couple pages that support the General Assembly involvement [1][2] I'll have to digest all this later. Don't have time now. Readin (talk) 05:46, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[3] says the debate lasted all day, and decision was to accept a committee's recommendation "to exclude Taiwan's application from the agenda of its 62nd session". Readin (talk) 02:06, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Here's the Sec General's news conference. [4] Apparently the Secretariat disagreed with the SG. Readin (talk) 04:02, 12 December 2007 (UTC)