During the 1960s, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Republic of China (ROC) maintained different attitudes toward overseas Chinese. Initially, the PRC government viewed overseas Chinese as capitalist agents; in addition, the PRC government also thought that maintaining good relations with southeast Asian governments was more important than maintaining the support of overseas Chinese. By contrast, the ROC desired good relations with overseas Chinese as part of an overall strategy to avoid increasing diplomatic isolation and maintain its claim to be the sole legitimate government of China, which ultimately culminated in the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, when Chiang's regime lost its seat at the United Nations.