Question

In 1950, why did the Soviet Union object to the inclusion of China as one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council? At the time, communists were attempting to take over China and had yet to succeed. China would have greater veto power than the Soviet Union and would veto Soviet ideas. At the time, China was a U.S possession and would vote against Soviet interests China had just become communist and the Soviets did not want another communist nation on the council.

Answer 1

Most of these answers are pretty bad, but the question is also tricky. In 1950, there were actually two Chinas -- The People's Republic of China (the communists who controlled the mainland) and the Republic of China (known better as Taiwan, where the Nationalists fled after being defeated).

China was recognized by other communist nations such as the Soviet Union, but the US and many other nations did not. The UN eventually would only recognize China as a legitimate government in 1971 by passing a resolution making them the only representatives of China as a whole. In turn, China has never recognized Taiwan's claim that they are the sole representatives of China.

Until then, however, the security council seat was held by the ROC (Republic of China). After the resolution was passed, the ROC literally lost all of their seats at the UN because they were no longer seen as legitimate. It's weird to hear that a country could be kicked out of the UN, but in this case, it was a matter of which government was the right one to sit at the table. And they made their choice by going with the PRC.

So, the answer that might actually make sense would be the one that said that China was a US possession (it wasn't, but it would be accurate to say that it was more of an ally with the US if only because it wasn't communist) and vote against Soviet interests.