The World Health Organization on Monday rejected a proposal to include Taiwan in the annual World Health Assembly meeting, now in progress in Geneva, Switzerland.
“We urge certain countries to stop distorting and challenging UNGA Resolution 2758, stop fudging and hollowing out the one-China principle, stop politicizing health issues, and stop interfering in China’s internal affairs by exploiting the Taiwan question. Using Taiwan to contain China will only end in failure,” said the Chinese Foreign Ministry, hectoring the global community for even considering a WHA invitation for Taiwan.
“We are calling for the international community’s support and urging the WHO to act in line with this year’s WHA theme — ‘All for Health, Health for All’ — by including Taiwan in the proceedings of the WHA as an observer, and allowing Taiwan’s regular participation in WHO meetings, activities and mechanisms,” Chiu said on Monday.
What changed after 2016 was Taiwan electing President Tsai Ing-wen, who was rabidly denounced by Beijing as a “separatist,” which is also how the Communist tyrannyher successor William Lai Ching-te. China embarked on a campaign to diplomatically isolate Taiwan in every way possible, including using its influence at the W.H.O. to block Taiwan’s observer status, in clear contravention of medical ethics and scientific principle.