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Whom Does WHO Care For?

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Whom Does WHO Care For?
Soldiers from military chemical units take part in a drill organized by the New Taipei City government to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in the Xindian District of New Taipei, Taiwan, on March 14, 2020. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images
Peter Zhang
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Nicknamed “Wuhan Health Organization” by Chinese netizens, the performance of the World Health Organization (WHO), along with its director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has been raising serious questions in terms of politicizing the institution through its unblushing effort to please Chinese communist leadership, while Beijing’s coverups of the Wuhan virus continue.

Peter Zhang
Peter Zhang
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Peter Zhang is a researcher on political economy in China and East Asia. He focuses on China’s trade, diplomacy, and human rights issues and is affiliated with the Global and International Studies at the University of Salamanca. Peter is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School as a Mason fellow.
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