China joins WHO in criticism of ‘venomous’ Taiwan

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China has accused Taiwan of “venomously” attacking the World Health Organization (WHO) and conniving with internet users to spread racist comments, after the agency’s chief said racist slurs against him had come from the island.

A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Organization ahead of a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus in Geneva, Switzerland, January 30, 2020.

Taiwan’s exclusion from the WHO, due to China’s objections, has infuriated the Taipei government during the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement late on Thursday, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office took aim at the “Democratic Progressive Party authorities”, referring to Taiwan’s ruling party and the usual wording Beijing uses for the island’s democratically elected government.

Green is the DPP’s party color. China believes the DPP is seeking Taiwan’s formal independence, but President Tsai Ing-wen says they are already an independent country called the Republic of China, its official name.

 

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PRC is insecure again, since taiwan didn't need to hide its cases and suppress its people.

Politics will kill more people than a pandemic ever will. Taiwan's measures against COVID19 has been effective, with 380 cases and five deaths to date, far lower than many of its neighbors.

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