Taiwan’s health minister asked the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday to ensure the island had access to first-hand information about the coronavirus, saying that not having the full picture …
India Repatriation, Duterte, France: Your Wednesday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering an effort to repatriate thousands of Indians from abroad, a potential change in the virus’s timeline and how Taiwan is trying to keep baseball fans’ hopes alive. Jumbo …
Taiwan Rebuffs WHO, Says China Has No Right to Represent It
Taiwan Rebuffs WHO, Says China Has No Right to Represent It Taiwan’s exclusion from WHO, due to China’s objections which considers the island one of its provinces, has infuriated Taipei, which says …
Coronavirus Tensions: A Chinese Hawk Cautions Beijing On Taking Back Taiwan Now
Qiao Liang, a retired Chinese air force major general who normally takes a hawkish view about the country’s political issues, warned against Beijing’s objective to take back Taiwan.
Scotland Launched an Invasion During the Black Death. Does History Tell China to Attack Taiwan?
Put simply, coronavirus may put Taiwan in China’s crosshairs as much as the bubonic plague put England in Scotland’s sights.
Draft proposal would bring Taiwan to the table at WHO, in bid to push back at China influence
The Trump administration has circulated a draft proposal that would bring Taiwan to the table at the World Health Organization in an effort to push back against China and punish the global body for …
Taiwan’s ‘hidden champions’ help coronavirus fightback
Instead, they were from a clutch of machine tool companies — making the machines that help Taiwan’s industrial wheels turn. And what they were about to accomplish would reinforce their often …
U.S. Tweets Support for Taiwan, Sparking Opposition From China
The tweet from the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said the 193-member global organization was founded to serve “all voices,” welcome “a diversity of views and perspectives” and promote human …
China Opposes Taiwan Participation in U.N. After U.S. Tweet
China said it firmly opposes any participation by Taiwan in the United Nations as it responded to a tweet by the U.S. mission to the international body for the island to become involved.
China condemns US tweet on Taiwan exclusion from UN
China has condemned a US tweet backing Taiwan’s push for participation at the United Nations as the global body works with its 193 member states to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. Beijing’s diplomati …