The United Kingdom recognizes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="China">People's Republic of China</a>.<sup about="#mwt163" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"}}' id="cite_ref-31" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_6#cite_note-31" id="mw-w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 31;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw_A">[31]</span></a></sup> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taiwan">Republic of China</a> severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"><cite about="#mwt160" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFBest2000">Best, Anthony (2000). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=J7-Sy18LogsC&amp;pg=PA62" id="mwCZc" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCZg">British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: China, Japan, Siam, Indo-China and Korea, January 1950-December 1950</i></a>. Univ. Publ. of America. p.<span id="mwCZk" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>62. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCZo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCZs" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-1-55655-768-2" id="mwCZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55655-768-2"><bdi id="mwCZ0">978-1-55655-768-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt160" class="Z3988" id="mwCZ4" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=British+Documents+on+Foreign+Affairs--reports+and+Papers+from+the+Foreign+Office+Confidential+Print%3A+China%2C+Japan%2C+Siam%2C+Indo-China+and+Korea%2C+January+1950-December+1950&amp;rft.pages=62&amp;rft.pub=Univ.+Publ.+of+America&amp;rft.date=2000&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-55655-768-2&amp;rft.aulast=Best&amp;rft.aufirst=Anthony&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJ7-Sy18LogsC%26pg%3DPA62&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+6"></span></span>