Taiwan exists independently of China: Italian newspaper

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 03 April, 2020
By: Shirley Lin

Italy’s biggest newspaper, the Corriere della Sera, has published an article which says that Taiwan exists independently of China and should not be viewed as part of China. The paper published the article after Taiwan pledged to donate10 million surgical masks to foreign countries, setting aside 500,000 for Italy.

The article says that the WHO has excluded Taiwan because Beijing does not want international organizations to acknowledge Taiwan’s democratic system. However, it says that with global health at risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic, China should put its differences with Taiwan aside for now and make an exception.    [FULL  STORY]