Taiwan's foreign ministry is pushing back against China's use of a 1971 UN resolution to keep Taipei out of the UN system, a fight that is gaining ground as more Western governments side with Taiwan.

• The resolution that gave China's UN seat to Beijing runs 150 words and never mentions Taiwan.
• Taiwan says it never made Taiwan part of China or gave Beijing the right to speak for its 23 million people.
• China has been pressing this reading harder in recent years, courting Global South countries to back it up.
• The US, Japan, Britain, Australia, Canada, the EU and others have publicly rejected Beijing's version.
• Taiwan wants the UN to stay neutral and stop helping China block its participation in international bodies.

Outlook: Expect more friction at the UN as Beijing keeps pushing its interpretation and Western capitals keep contradicting it.