The Heat: 50th anniversary of China’s restoration to the UN

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It’s been 50 years since China was admitted into the United Nations. Since then, China has been at the forefront of the UN on issues such as climate change, peacekeeping, poverty, and most recently providing vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

CGTN’s Wang Siwen reports from Beijing.

Joining the discussion:

  • Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to China.
  • Josef Gregory Mahoney is a professor of Politics at East China Normal University.
  • Matteo Marchisio is country director in the Asia and the Pacific Division at the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
  • Huiyao “Henry” Wang is the president of the Center for China & Globalization.

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