There were 160,000 surgical face masks donated to Oxford county in Ontario by Taiwan’s MacKay Memorial Hospital and New Taipei City’s District office.
The Chinese envoy denounced support shown from the United States and other countries for Taiwan on Tuesday.
The Trump administration delivered a blow to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) earlier this week with the announcement that a Taiwan manufacturer will be able to build a plant in the US, which will stifle the company's ability to sell to China's Huawei.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to acknowledge Taiwan's statehood, instead falling back on Canada's "One China Policy."
The World Health Organization claims it cannot invite Taiwan because of “divergent views” after China says it "deplores and opposes" inclusion of Taipei.
Minister Champagne tweeted out a personal "thank you" to China on March 28, but has not yet thanked Taiwan, the democratic island nation off the coast of the hostile authoritarian regime.
Australia will offer full support in Taiwan’s return to the WHO. This comes after the WHO suppressed information on Taiwan’s coronavirus prevention efforts.
Taiwan has sent 500,000 desperately needed surgical masks to Canada which will go to the most vulnerable Canadians and medical professionals.
China was allowed to profit from its refusal to share honest data with the international community—actions Taiwan says were abetted by the WHO.
Tedros made his remarks following criticism over the global organization’s continued blacklisting of Taiwan at the behest of the WHO’s leading patron, China.
China needs to stop playing politics and allow Taiwan to be part of the World Health Organization so there is a safer coordinated international response.
China has issued an angry statement over Stephen Harper’s recent visit to Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.
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