From the Front Page: The U.N. Votes to Seat the People's Republic of China on Oct. 25, 1971 New York Times (Online) The Learning Network On This Day spotlights a historic New York Times front-page article. For teaching ideas, visit this resource . 1971 By Henry Tanner Special to The New York Times United Nations, N.Y. — In a tense and emotion-filled meeting of more than eight hours, the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly last night to admit Communist China and to expel the Chinese Nationalist Government. Moments before the vote, Liu Chieh, the Chinese Nationalist representative, announced from the rostrum that his Government would take no further part in the proceedings of the Assembly. He received friendly applause from most delegations, and then led his delegation out of the hall. The vote, which brought delegates to their feet in wild applause, was 76 in favor, 35 opposed, and 17 abstentions. The vote was on a resolution sponsored by Albania and 20 other nations, calling for the seating of Peking as the only legitimate representative of China and the expulsion of “the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek.” Voting Is Sudden Thus, the United States lost—in the 22d year—its battle to keep Nationalist China in the United Nations. This development, which came with dramatic suddenness, was denounced by the chief American delegate as a “moment of infamy.” This event occurred on Oct. 25, but appeared in the Oct. 26 issue of The New York Times. Read the entire article or explore this issue in full in TimesMachine . Read the article excerpt and then make a connection: How does this news event relate to what's happening today in the world, in your community or in your own life? Post a comment. If time allows, use the following prompts to dive deeper into today's featured front page: Look at the print front page or explore it in Times Machine . What do you notice? What do you wonder? Read the entire featured article. What did you learn? What questions do you have about the event, the reporting, the language used at the time, or anything else?