Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-05-24
Health minister Chen Shih-chung is accusing China of lying at the World Health
Health minister Chen Shih-chung accuses China of lying at the World Health Assembly. (CNA photo)
Assembly.
China’s representative had said that Taiwan had participated in virtually all of the WHO’s technical meetings in the past 5 years. But Chen said that from 2009-2017, there were 154 WHO technical meetings, but Taiwan only attended 46. In 2017, Taiwan applied to attend 18 technical meetings, but less than 30% were approved. Chen accused China of lying. He said this is a custom of China’s – to lie to cover up the truth.
China also claims that Taiwan has clear channels of information and reporting with the WHO. But Chen said that China does not give relevant disease prevention information to Taiwan. He mentioned a Taiwan tuberculosis case that had to wait 8 months before it heard from the WHO. Chen said China’s exclusion of Taiwan has created this gap in world disease prevention.
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