World Health Organisation meeting refuses to admit Taiwan amid China pressure

Despite impassioned pleas from several countries, the World Health Organization’s annual assembly refused Monday to even discuss admitting Taiwan to the meeting, under pressure from China. Self-governing Taiwan, which China sees as a renegade province awaiting reunification, has been invited to attend the WHO’s main annual meeting as an observer every year since 2009, but … Continue reading World Health Organisation meeting refuses to admit Taiwan amid China pressure