 - 1. When did the Republic of China join the United Nations as a founding member?
A) 24 October 1945
B) 25 October 1971
C) 26 June 1945
D) 1 January 1949
- 2. Which country was the first to sign the UN Charter in recognition of its fight against aggression?
A) The Soviet Union
B) The United Kingdom
C) The United States
D) China
- 3. In what year did the Chinese Communist Party establish the People's Republic of China?
A) 1949
B) 1955
C) 1945
D) 1971
- 4. What reason did the Soviet Union give for boycotting the UN from January to August 1950?
A) To object to the UN budget
B) To demand more permanent seats
C) To protest the exclusion of the PRC
D) To protest the Korean War
- 5. How many times did the Republic of China use its veto power in the UN?
A) Five times
B) Twice
C) Once
D) Zero times
- 6. Which country's admission did the Republic of China veto in 1955?
A) Albania
B) Mauritania
C) Japan
D) Mongolia
- 7. What did UN General Assembly Resolution 1668 declare in 1961?
A) The PRC should be immediately admitted
B) The ROC was no longer the government of China
C) Mongolia was denied entry
D) China's representation was an important question requiring a two-thirds majority
- 8. Which UN organization was awarded the 1954 Nobel Peace Prize?
A) UNICEF
B) WHO
C) UNHCR
D) UNESCO
- 9. Who led the movement from the 1960s onwards to expel the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek?
A) India
B) The Soviet Union
C) Nepal
D) The People's Republic of Albania
- 10. Who proposed in 1960 that the UN could not be universal until the PRC was given its rightful place?
A) Henry Kissinger
B) Zhou Enlai
C) BP Koirala
D) Mao Zedong
- 11. Which resolution recognized the Government of the PRC as the only legitimate representative of China to the UN?
A) Resolution 291
B) Resolution 505
C) Resolution 918
D) Resolution 2758
- 12. What was the result of the 1971 vote on draft resolution A/L.632, which required a two-thirds supermajority to change China's representation?
A) It was tabled
B) It was passed
C) It was withdrawn
D) It was rejected
- 13. Which US official made secret trips to China in 1971 to confer with Zhou Enlai?
A) Henry Kissinger
B) Winston Churchill
C) Richard Nixon
D) Franklin Roosevelt
- 14. How did the ROC delegation react after the rejection of the draft resolution regarding the two-thirds majority?
A) They asked for a recount
B) They resigned from the Security Council
C) They decided not to take part in further proceedings
D) They boycotted the General Assembly
- 15. What happens to the ROC's UN status following the passage of Resolution 2758?
A) It was allowed to rejoin under a new name
B) It lost all representation in the UN
C) It remained on the Security Council
D) It remained in the General Assembly only
- 16. Which region does China work hard to cultivate favorable UN votes from?
A) African countries
B) South America
C) Western Europe
D) Southeast Asia
- 17. China’s UN voting alignment is part of its strategy to build partnerships across which region?
A) The Global South
B) The North Atlantic
C) The Arctic Circle
D) The G7 nations
- 18. What does China encourage African countries to reach when they have internal differences?
A) A veto-based resolution
B) A regional consensus
C) A bilateral agreement
D) An abandonment of regional ties
- 19. Between 1991 and 2020, China's UN Security Council disagreements with the US primarily involved which regions?
A) Eastern Europe and Central Asia
B) The Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa
C) South America and the Caribbean
D) Southeast Asia and Oceania
- 20. How did China view UN peacekeeping missions before its entry into the UN?
A) Positively
B) Neutral
C) With total indifference
D) Negatively
- 21. What did China often use to express disapproval in the UN before 2011 instead of using its veto power?
A) Public protest
B) Military mobilization
C) Abstention
D) Economic sanctions
- 22. What position did China take on UNSCR 1973 regarding the no-fly zone over Libya?
A) Yes
B) Veto
C) Absent
D) Abstain
- 23. How many resolutions regarding Syria did China veto between 2010 and 2020?
A) Two
B) Twenty
C) Ten
D) Five
- 24. Professor Dawn C. Murphy links China's voting behavior to which specific principles?
A) The Three Pillars
B) The Four Freedoms
C) The Six Treaties
D) The Five Principles
- 25. Which country did China vote in favor of sanctioning in 2006 regarding its nuclear program?
A) Libya
B) Syria
C) North Korea
D) Sudan
- 26. How many sanctions votes did China support against Iran?
A) Twelve
B) Three
C) Zero
D) Seven
- 27. What do China's vetoes primarily involve?
A) Trade liberalization
B) Territorial integrity
C) Global climate change
D) International sports regulation
- 28. What is the name of the UN agency in charge of establishing common standards for telecommunications?
A) International Telecommunications Union
B) UN Industrial Development Organization
C) International Civil Aviation Organization
D) World Health Organization
- 29. What entity did Peng Chun Chang serve as vice-chairman of during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
A) International Court of Justice
B) Security Council
C) UNRRA
D) United Nations Commission on Human Rights
- 30. Which international organization does the PRC refuse to ratify or accede to?
A) UN Industrial Development Organization
B) World Health Organization
C) Food and Agriculture Organization
D) International Criminal Court
- 31. Which UN organization provided relief supplies to China after World War II?
A) World Health Organization
B) International Olympic Committee
C) UNRRA
D) International Refugee Organization
- 32. What is the name used by the Republic of China to join the International Olympic Committee?
A) Chinese Taipei
B) Nationalist China
C) Republic of China
D) Taiwan
- 33. By 2022, what percentage of the UN peacekeeping standby force was China providing?
A) Roughly 35%
B) Roughly 10%
C) Roughly 20%
D) Roughly 5%
- 34. Which UN Secretary General praised the Belt and Road Initiative?
A) Jiang Tingfu
B) António Guterres
C) Eleanor Roosevelt
D) Henry Kissinger
- 35. In what year did the ROC begin campaigning to rejoin the UN separately from the PRC?
A) 2007
B) 2009
C) 1993
D) 1971
- 36. Who submitted a formal application for full UN membership under the name 'Taiwan' in 2007?
A) Ma Ying-jeou
B) Chen Shui-bian
C) Tsai Ing-wen
D) U Thant
- 37. Who was the UN Secretary-General when the 2007 Taiwan membership application was rejected?
A) Kofi Annan
B) Antony Blinken
C) Ban Ki-moon
D) U Thant
- 38. Why did two referendums in the ROC regarding joining the UN fail in 2008?
A) Low voter participation
B) Intervention by the UN Security Council
C) Opposition from the United States
D) Lack of funding
- 39. How does the United States describe the status of Taiwan according to its 2013 congressional report?
A) As an independent sovereign state
B) Unsettled
C) As a territory of the United States
D) As a province of the PRC
- 40. What rule of the Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council did the ROC claim Ban Ki-moon violated?
A) Chapter VIII, Rule 40
B) Chapter V, Rule 22
C) Chapter II, Rule 15
D) Chapter X, Rule 59
- 41. In what year was the People's Republic of China admitted into the United Nations?
A) 1971
B) 1972
C) 1980
D) 1966
- 42. How many times did the PRC vote for its application before being admitted to the UN?
A) 10
B) 1
C) 21
D) 15
- 43. What was the vote count in favor of China's admission to the UN in 1971?
A) 50
B) 76
C) 35
D) 17
- 44. What theory did China announce at the UN in 1974?
A) Non-interference Theory
B) Great Power Theory
C) Three Worlds Theory
D) Social Equality Theory
- 45. How does China describe its role in international development?
A) Supervisor
B) Leader
C) Donor
D) Partner
- 46. In what year did China contribute peacekeepers to the UN for the first time?
A) 1971
B) 1995
C) 1982
D) 1990
- 47. Which country's bid for a UN Security Council seat was countered by China in 1995?
A) USA
B) Japan
C) Pakistan
D) The Netherlands
- 48. When did China hold its first joint training course with the UN Peacekeeping Department?
A) 2019
B) 1990
C) 2006
D) 2016
- 49. What was the percentage of votes China won in the General Assembly in 2006 regarding human rights?
A) 50 percent
B) 82 percent
C) 43 percent
D) 76 percent
- 50. Which leader was responsible for the governance of the Republic of China during the time of the ratification of the ICCPR and ICESCR?
A) Ayub Khan
B) Mao Zedong
C) Chiang Kai-shek
D) Henry Kissinger
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