TAIPEI—Taiwan’s foreign minister criticised what he called China’s “shameless lies” on Tuesday in an escalating dispute about Beijing blocking the island from the World Health Organization (WHO), saying China clearly did not care about Taiwan’s people. The United States and the Group of Seven nations (G7) have called for Chinese-claimed but democratically ruled Taiwan to attend the WHO’s decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, which meets from May 24. Taiwan is excluded from most global organizations such as the WHO because of the objections of China, which considers the island one of its provinces and not a separate country. China’s foreign ministry said on Monday that “appropriate arrangements” have been made for Taiwan’s participation in global health matters and that nobody cared more for Taiwan’s people than the Chinese government. “Shameless lies! Just goes to show the CCP can’t tell the truth,” Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Twitter, …