1993年来第一次台湾没有在联合国大会上要求加入联合国。
Taiwan and the United Nations
Not even asking
Sep 24th 2009 | TAIPEI
From The Economist print edition
At the United Nations a pragmatic Taiwan changes tack
ONE of the annual rituals performed at the United Nations General Assembly
in New York is off the programme this year. For the first time since 1993,
Taiwan is not to ask its little band of 23 diplomatic partners to propose it
for UN membership. This is not because Taiwan has suddenly given up: it has
always known
