Taipei Times
Date: Oct 07, 2019
By: Lin Chii-jeng 林啟禎

After Taiwan severed diplomatic relations with the Solomon Islands on Sept. 16, Kiribati, also in the Pacific region, cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan on Sept. 20.

Meanwhile, when attending a dinner banquet at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare hosted by the Taipei-based Joint Commission of Taiwan on Sept. 18, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) took the opportunity to thank the British Medical Journal and the US Institute for Healthcare Improvement for entrusting the commission with hosting the international event in Taipei, and to welcome more than 1,300 international medical experts from 34 nations to Taiwan.

Tsai said that Taiwan’s medical strengths are well-known in the international community, which also knows how the nation is taking advantage of these strengths to help build a healthier world.

Despite China repeatedly blocking Taiwan from attending the World Health Assembly for political reasons, Beijing will not be able to obliterate the nation’s medical strengths and the contributions it makes, because it has so much to share with global medical circles in terms of its health insurance system, long-term care system and medical technology, among other things.    [FULL  STORY]