Taiwan says WHO not sharing coronavirus information it provides

Re:Taiwan says WHO not sharing coronavirus information it pr... by ncr100 on Monday March 30, 2020 @01:38PM (#22730182)

This is the Chinese Government seeking to silence Taiwan's information dissemination, to outside of China and outside of Taiwan.

This time, it's using political power over WHO and the UN.

This causes the rest of the world suffering, by reducing the world's knowledge about the procession of the current pandemic gripping the world.

To me, this seems like a prelude to war by China on Taiwan.

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Re:Taiwan says WHO not sharing coronavirus information it pr... by xster on Monday March 30, 2020 @02:56PM (#22731051)

I mean it's not meant to be a surprise. It's been the official policy of the United States since 1972. Specifically "the United States acknowledges that Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. The United States does not challenge that position." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Communiqué.

It's only a surprise because the US treats treaties like it says "as long as the grass grows or the water runs" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_removal

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Re:Taiwan says WHO not sharing coronavirus information it pr... by fuckknows on Monday March 30, 2020 @11:15PM (#22734631)

The 11 new battalions of anti ship ballistic missiles that china has fielded in the last decade would also presage that intent.

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