BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - At the first meeting of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) governing body since Covid-19 stormed the globe, China is set to be challenged on two of its most sensitive issues: The Communist Party's initial handling of the virus and the status of Taiwan's participation.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - At the first meeting of the World Health Organisation's governing body since Covid-19 stormed the globe, China is set to be challenged on two of its most sensitive issues: The Communist Party's initial handling of the virus and the status of Taiwan's participation.
Yet for all the noise, most analysts expect China to command support from a large swathe of the nearly 200 countries taking part in the assembly that need good relations with the world's second-biggest economy to shore up domestic growth. And any effort to replace the WHO is also unlikely to gain traction.
Australia in particular has felt the heat from Beijing, which threatened a boycott of its goods and also suspended meat imports from four processing plants for"technical" reasons. Australia has said that could happen through the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, which was set up after the Ebola crisis in 2014, and the International Health Regulations Review Committee, which assessed the response to the H1N1 pandemic in 2009.
A proposal backed by 13 member states has called for the assembly to make a call on whether Taiwan can attend. China has blocked Taiwan's participation in the organisation since the independence-leaning Tsai was elected in 2016 and refused to accept that both sides belong to"one China". "Certain countries insisted on discussing proposals involving Taiwan to politicise a public health issue," Zhao said on Friday.
"This is a position that China won't change, hence posing a sharp opposition to the voices of accusing its cover-up and claiming accountability."
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