Opinion: Despite Taiwan's successful management of its outbreak, Taiwanese ambassador to Israel writes that it remains barred from global health meetings due to political reasons, unable to share its valuable knowledge with the rest of the world
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Date: 05.17.20
By Ambassador Paul K. Chang|
Taiwan is a beautiful democracy with a prosperous economy, located in
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More than 10,000 Israeli tourists travel each year to welcoming Taiwan and enjoy the abundance it has to offer.
Taiwan has made headlines lately after it successfully reined in the spread of coronavirus.
While Taiwan was supposed to become a major hotspot of the virus outbreak due to its extensive economic ties with China, geographical proximity (only 100 miles from mainland China), and hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese living in the neighboring country, Taiwan has successfully managed to stop the epidemic, without locking down the economy and without stopping the school year. [FULL STORY]