>What you're describing is basically why Kissinger et al lobbied to kick out Taiwan from the UN As much as I hate Kissinger, this is not what happened at all.

>What you're describing is basically why Kissinger et al lobbied to kick out Taiwan from the UN As much as I hate Kissinger, this is not what happened at all. This wasn't about "kicking Taiwan out", it was about acknowledging the fact that KMT no longer ruled China, Beijing did. Also, it was the seventies; at that time Taiwan was ruled by a fascist regime - those were the folks who had to flee continental China because they were even worse than Mao.