Parties Unite Over Taiwan’s Exclusion From WHO Anti-Virus Planning

Parties Unite Over Taiwan’s Exclusion From WHO Anti-Virus Planning
Foxconn employees wearing masks attend the company's year-end gala in Taipei, Taiwan on Jan. 22, 2020. Yimou Lee/Reuters
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TAIPEI—Taiwan’s exclusion from World Health Organization meetings on the coronavirus outbreak has united the island’s political parties, who normally agree on little, especially to do with China.

Taiwan is not a member of the WHO due to the objection of China, which considers it a Chinese territory with no right to participate in international organizations as a separate entity.