‘SHAMELESS LIES’: TAIWAN ON CHINA HINDERING ITS ACCESS TO W.H.O.
Taiwan’s foreign minister criticised what he called China’s “shameless lies” on Tuesday in an escalating dispute about Beijing blocking the island from the World Health Organization (WHO), saying Beijing clearly did not care about the Taiwanese people.
The G7, led by the US, has called for Chinese-claimed but democratically ruled Taiwan to attend the WHO’S decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, which meets from May 24.
Taiwan is excluded from most global organisations such as the WHO because of the objections of China, which considers the island one of its provinces and not a country.
China’s foreign ministry has said that “appropriate arrangements” have been made for Taiwan’s participation in global health matters and that nobody cared more for Taiwan’s people than the Chinese government. “Shameless lies! Just goes to show the CCP can’t tell the truth,” Taiwan foreign minister Joseph Wu said on Twitter, referring to China’s ruling Communist Party.