MILPITAS, Calif.—Several Taiwanese organizations held a joint press conference Saturday to raise awareness of the Chinese regime’s continued effort to block Taiwan from attending the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA).
The 76th WHA will be held in Geneva, Switzerland from May 21–30. Once again, Taiwan did not receive an invitation.
Li Hangwen, the main organizer of the May 6 event, urged the U.S. government to push the World Health Organization (WHO) to allow Taiwan to participate in the WHA. Li is the coordinator for the Northern California South Bay Taiwanese Overseas Communities. The WHA is WHO’s decision-making body.
Since 2017, the WHA has excluded Taiwan from its operations, siding with Beijing’s “One China” stance, which claims that Taiwan is a part of China, giving the communist regime the right to represent Taiwan at the international health body. As a result, Taiwan has had no access to the health-related information and benefits that WHO strives to “give everyone, everywhere,” according to its website….