U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to allow Taiwan to participate in its upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA), saying that the island’s exclusion jeopardizes international efforts to contain the CCP virus pandemic.
Taiwan used to participate as an observer in the WHA, the WHO’s decision-making body, from 2009 to 2016 until the country was barred in 2017 due to Beijing’s objections. The Chinese regime opposes Taiwan’s participation in international bodies because it views the democratic island as part of its territory, even though it has been governed as a distinct entity for more than seven decades.
