Taiwan Condemns China For Blocking Participation In World Health Assembly

Reuters: Taiwan blames China for absence from U.N. health meeting
“China is disregarding the health of the people of Taiwan by blocking the island’s participation in an annual U.N. health meeting later this month, the Taiwan government said. Taiwan’s China policy-making body said late on Monday the exclusion of Taiwan from the World Health Assembly (WHA) for a second consecutive year showed Beijing’s lack of will to improve relations…” (Yu, 5/8).

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