China’s Capture of WHO Risks New Health Crisis: Analysts

Beijing seeks to tighten its grip on the U.N. agency to subvert the international order, experts warn.
China’s Capture of WHO Risks New Health Crisis: Analysts
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 6, 2020. Denis Balibouse/Reuters
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China is seeking to become the World Health Organization’s top financier to secure absolute control, a move experts have warned could dismantle global disease management and ignite another health catastrophe.

Jarvis Lim
Jarvis Lim
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Jarvis Lim is a Taiwan-based writer focusing on human rights, U.S.–China relations, China's economic and political influence in Southeast Asia, and cross-strait relations.