WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) - The US Senate has unanimously approved a Bill seeking the restoration of Taiwan's observer status with the World Health Organisation, escalating an international campaign to push back against Chinese efforts to isolate the island.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The US Senate has unanimously approved a Bill seeking the restoration of Taiwan's observer status with the World Health Organisation, escalating an international campaign to push back against Chinese efforts to isolate the island.
The Senate vote Monday is part of a push by China's critics in the US and elsewhere to use the coronavirus pandemic to strengthen Taiwan's official and unofficial diplomatic relationships. Beijing, which considers island part of its territory, has blocked its participation in the WHO since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen was elected in 2016 and said she refused to accept that both belong to"one China.
New Zealand's foreign minister on Tuesday responded to China's warning that its backing of Taiwan's participation at the WHO could damage bilateral ties, saying the country had to stand up for itself. "We have got to stand up for ourselves," Mr Winston Peters, New Zealand's foreign minister, said at a news conference when asked about China's response to New Zealand's position on Taiwan."And true friendship is based on equality. It's based on the ability in this friendship to nevertheless disagree."
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