U.S. envoy to UN has ‘historic’ meeting with Taiwan official

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Trump administration is pressing for Taiwan’s inclusion as a separate entity in international organizations like the World Health Organization

and International Civil Aviation Organization, and is pushing back against Beijing’s diplomatic victories over Taipei this year that have included several small countries abandoning diplomatic recognition of Taiwan in favour of China.

China has been stepping up its threat to bring the self-governing island under its control by military force with frequent war games and aerial patrols. It claims sovereignty over Taiwan and has been using its diplomatic clout to stop the island from joining any organizations that require statehood for membership.

Craft said the 24 million people in Taiwan “need to be heard and they’re being marginalized by Beijing.” She echoed President Donald Trump in pointing to an e-mail alert sent by Taiwan in December that the WHO ignored, warning about person-to-person transmission of the new virus in China, which indicated that the infection was highly contagious.“Obviously we really are pushing for them to be back into the U.N., or have a role in the U.N. health assembly,” Craft said, especially in light of Taiwan’s recognition of the danger of human to human transmission of the coronavirus.

 

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One visit and Taiwan is purchasing up to 7 tanks. The war machine marches on.

It is a big deal as China does not recognize Taiwan as a separate country but as renegade Chinese needed to be brought back into the fold. Since China is becoming more belligerent in asserting their self-perceived ways, Westerners are forced to enhance friendship with like minds

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