Not only is China still a member, they are one of the five ranking members of the UN Security Council! They should be kicked out immediately not only for their bio attack on the world but their decades of well known human rights abuses and brutality toward Tibet, the Muslim Uighur population and political prisoners.
If China isn't removed from the UN, then the UN should be disbanded. It adds nothing of value and gives the most evil regime in the world legitmacy it does not deserve.
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The UN turns a blind eye on China, with respect to its continued human right's abuses. Although there has been noted progress with respect to China's abuses of human rights, the Chinese government forces impoverished farmers to buy washer and dryers (to "participate" in their economy" when they are unable to buy seed to grow food for their family to exist. It matters little to the Chinese government that so many continue to starve to death due to these type of forced measures. It seems the Chinese government is aware that due to having 1.439 billion people, a few million dying is of little concern as long as it's not harmful to their economy. Asia has reportedly over 381 million undernourished people, but I have little doubt the true number is greater. The UN's Zero Hunger Challenge was launched in 2012 with target date set for 2030. What do they think is happening in China with government continuing to place its own goals over the lives of their people? I will look for information about Chinese billionaires directly helping their starving farmers and hope to find many. The Chinese government cares mostly about saving face. The intentional cover-up of the initial spread of COVID-19 SARS prevented the window of time that would have eliminated world contamination. It's all on China with our current, global pandemic, and I have to wonder how many other Chinese cover-ups (disease and otherwise) went undetected by world attention. Thankfully, access to global information is continuing to be tweaked, and having the ability to view primary facts without political interpretations is a true gift to be utilized to the max. Along that line, thank you for posting that Wiki piece as it gives details of which I was unaware regarding the history of China's membership. I agree completely that China should have never been given member status of the Security Council. What a short-sighted mistake that was indeed. They will continue to block Taiwan's efforts for membership, even observatory status it seems. You'd think the UN would at least have specific requirements for members to abide with respect to human right's violations. The UN itself is a antiquated organization that needs to improve significantly as their reputation is mostly in the gutter.