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Let Taiwan Into the WHO, and End China’s Lies

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Let Taiwan Into the WHO, and End China’s Lies
Taiwan's health Minister Chen Shih-chung (C) gives a thumb up as he poses with demonstrators after a press conference on the sideline of the World Health Organization annual Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 21, 2018. Fabrice Coffrini /AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Taiwan’s Foreign Minister blew up on May 11 by denouncing China’s “shameless lies” related to Beijing’s block on the island’s very reasonable, indeed essential, attempts to join the World Health Organization (WHO). Every sovereign nation, and then some, should have a seat at the public health table.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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