TAIPEI/GENEVA: The United States and China clashed on Thursday over the issue of Taiwan’s exclusion from World Health Organisation (WHO) meetings, where it is represented by China, with Beijing accusing Washington of political “hype-up”. “I would like to reiterate that Taiwan is part of China, this fact cannot be changed,” the delegate, Qi Daihai, said. Democratically governed Taiwan says it is an independent country called the Republic of China – its formal name – and has never been part of the People’s Republic of China. “This was wrong information that was provided by China which created the mistake,” she said. “We beseech the WHO not to put Taiwan’s information under China, creating mistake after mistake after mistake.”Taiwan says the main consequence of that so far has been Italy including Taiwan in its ban on flights from China.

Source: Pakistan Today February 06, 2020 13:41 UTC