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China has used its influence in the WHO to keep [[Taiwan]] out. The government in Beijing does not like the administration in [[Taipei]]. Taiwan is not allowed to join the World Health Organization as a member state or even as an observer, putting Taiwan's population of 23 million people at risk. Taiwan's exclusion from the WHO leaves its population vulnerable during the crisis.  A lack of direct and timely channels to the WHO have already resulted in inaccurate reporting of cases in Taiwan.  Taiwan has repeatedly complained that China and the WHO aren't sharing information about the coronavirus outbreak with them. The same thing happened in 2003 when the deadly SARS epidemic broke out in China.  Besides putting 23 million Taiwanese lives at risk, the 50 million foreign travelers who pass through Taiwan airports every year are at risk.  On February 4, 2020, the WHO got the number of cases wrong in Taiwan, relying on data from Beijing not Taipei.

China has used its influence in the WHO to keep [[Taiwan]] out. The government in Beijing does not like the administration in [[Taipei]]. Taiwan is not allowed to join the World Health Organization as a member state or even as an observer, putting Taiwan's population of 23 million people at risk. Taiwan's exclusion from the WHO leaves its population vulnerable during the crisis.  A lack of direct and timely channels to the WHO have already resulted in inaccurate reporting of cases in Taiwan.  Taiwan has repeatedly complained that China and the WHO aren't sharing information about the coronavirus outbreak with them. The same thing happened in 2003 when the deadly SARS epidemic broke out in China.  Besides putting 23 million Taiwanese lives at risk, the 50 million foreign travelers who pass through Taiwan airports every year are at risk.  On February 4, 2020, the WHO got the number of cases wrong in Taiwan, relying on data from Beijing not Taipei.

As of April 10, 2020 Taiwan had only 5 CCP virus deaths. It was Taiwan that first alerted the World Health Organization of the CCP virus outbreak in Wuhan. As calls for the [[Marxist]] collaborator [[Tadros Adhanom]]'s resignation grew over his [[collusion]] with the Mainland's cover-up of the pandemic, Adhanom, of course, accused Taiwan of a racist campaign against him. Taiwan President [[Tsai Ing-wen]] responded in a [[Facebook]] post:

As of April 10, 2020 Taiwan had only 5 CCP virus deaths. It was Taiwan that first alerted the World Health Organization of the CCP virus outbreak in Wuhan. As calls for the [[Marxist]] collaborator [[Tadros Adhanom]]'s resignation grew over his [[collusion]] with the Mainland's cover-up of the pandemic, Adhanom, of course, accused Taiwan of a [[racist]] campaign against him. Taiwan President [[Tsai Ing-wen]] responded in a [[Facebook]] post:

{{quotebox|I strongly protest the accusations today that Taiwan is instigating racist attacks in the international community. Taiwan has always opposed all forms of discrimination. For years, we have been excluded from international organizations, and we know better than anyone else what it feels like to be discriminated against and isolated.

{{quotebox|I strongly protest the accusations today that Taiwan is instigating racist attacks in the international community. Taiwan has always opposed all forms of discrimination. For years, we have been excluded from international organizations, and we know better than anyone else what it feels like to be discriminated against and isolated.