Tag: Taiwan

• Saturday, April 18th 2020 - 11:40 UTC

  World Medical Association regrets Taiwan exclusion from WHO and condemns politicizing health

  

  In a letter to WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the leaders of the World Medical Association, WMA say that the WHO’s failure to listen to early warnings from Taiwan about the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with its decision to ignore Taiwan during much of the SARS crisis, were errors that led to the world paying a high price.

• Friday, April 17th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Taiwan reveals emails warning WHO of disease in December; Dr. Tedros replies accusing Taipei of a hate racist campaign

  

  The coronavirus pandemic has infected over two million people and has caused the reported death of at least 144,250 deaths according to the latest info available from the the John Hopkins University daily update.

• Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 12:38 UTC

  Taiwan accuses WHO of ignoring its achievements; Tedros condemns Taipei for “racist slurs”

  

  Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned “groundless” accusations from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) that racist slurs against him had come from the island, as Taipei escalated its feud with the body.

• Tuesday, March 31st 2020 - 11:44 UTC

  Taiwan complains of WHO discrimination and information restriction

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has not shared with member states information Taiwan has provided on the coronavirus including details on its causes and prevention methods, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday, ratcheting up its complaints.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Taipei accuses Beijing of “using external problems to relieve domestic pressure”

  

  China is pressuring Taiwan with “provocative” air force maneuvers near the island and spreading fake news to sow discord during the coronavirus outbreak, security sources and government officials in Taiwan say.

• Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  Beijing will not change its position despite Taiwan's president landslide election victory; threats from Xinhua news agency

  

  China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it, Beijing said on Sunday, after President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election and said she would not submit to China’s threats, as state media warned she was courting disaster.

• Saturday, January 11th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Hong Kong troubles ensure election victory for Taiwan's incumbent candidate

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – “Over the past few years, China’s diplomatic offensives, military coercion, interference and infiltration have continued unabated,” said Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on New Year’s Day, as the Jan. 11 elections neared. “China’s objective is clear: to force Taiwan to compromise our sovereignty.” But every leader of her Democratic People’s Party (DPP) has always said that.

• Wednesday, December 4th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Beijing's gift to El Salvador for Taiwan cut off: Stadium, library, water plants

  

  China has agreed to pay for a new national stadium and library in El Salvador as part of an infrastructure package promised to the country after it switched allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing.

• Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Beijing sends naval force with a carrier to intimidate Taiwan's presidential election

  

  China has sailed a carrier group into the sensitive Taiwan Strait led by its first domestically built aircraft carrier as election campaigning kicked into high gear on the self-ruled island on Sunday. Taiwan's foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said they would not be intimidated.

• Monday, October 21st 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Resolving the “Taiwan question” is China's greatest national interest

  

  The Chinese defense minister said on Monday that resolving the “Taiwan question” is China's greatest national interest and that no force can prevent China's “reunification”.