From the pages of the South China Morning Post this week in 1954
The United States and the Republic of China (Taiwan) concluded negotiations for a mutual security pact that would recognise the common security interests of Taiwan (Formosa) and the Pescadores of the western Pacific islands and put them under the protection of the United States.
The next day Peking Radio accused Britain of running counter to its international obligations by giving its consent to the mutual security pact between Nationalist China and the United States.
It labelled the pact 'a shameless intrigue against the Chinese people'.
It said the United States was 'trying to put Taiwan [Formosa] and Penghu [the Pescadores] under her unlimited control'.
It added: 'Britain is a signatory of the Potsdam Agreement and the Cairo Declaration, which both clearly provide that Taiwan and the Penghu islands should be returned to China.'
