Why did the UN prefer the People's Republic of China over the Republic of China?

by alexisdg24

I know that the representative for China before was the ROC/ Taiwan but what made the UN favor PRC over ROC/ Taiwan?

Searocksandtrees

hi.. check out some references in this post which came in a few minutes before yours

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3a8chk/why_did_the_un_recognize_maos_chinese_government/