Recently, the United States has been less than emphatic in its support for Taiwan. During a Sept. 14 videoconference with reporters in New York, hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Chen highlighted the problems the island republic faces in its bid to get U.N. membership.
At the heart of the dispute over Taiwan's admission to the international body is U.N. Resolution 2758, adopted on Oct. 25, 1971, which removed Chang Kai-shek's Republic of China and replaced it with the communist People's Republic of China as the sole U.N. representative of China. Chen argues that Resolution 2758 only rejected the Chiang Kai-shek regime's legitimacy to represent China and made no mention about Taiwan.
Chen was not happy that a "friend like the U.S." should be seeking to stop Taiwan from applying for U.N. membership, holding a referendum or declaring independence. (Source: Manik Mehta, World Politics Review, Oct 2, 2007)