Taiwan Tells WHO That China Has No Right to Represent It

A masked local resident (2nd L) has her temperature checked as people line up to buy face masks from vending machines at the Xinyi District Health Center in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 14, 2020. Sam Yeh /AFP via Getty Images

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Only Taiwan’s democratically elected government can represent its people on the world stage, not China, its foreign ministry said on May 5, calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to “cast off” China’s control during the CCP virus pandemic.

Taiwan’s exclusion from WHO, because of objections by the regime in Beijing that considers the island to be one of its provinces, has infuriated Taipei, which says this has created a dangerous gap in the global fight against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as the novel coronavirus.