Civic Groups Protest as WHA Begins Without Taiwan's Participation
Civic groups supporting Taiwan joined the country’s health minister in Geneva as the World Health Assembly got underway in the city after Taiwan was once again barred from attending on Monday.
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00:00Civic groups supporting Taiwan joined the country's health minister in Geneva as the
00:04World Health Assembly got underway in the city on Monday.
00:09That's after Taiwan was once again barred from attending due to objections from China.
00:13The WHA is the main decision-making body of the World Health Organization.
00:18Eleven of Taiwan's diplomatic allies submitted proposals for Taiwan to take part this year.
00:24Taiwan previously attended the assembly as an observer from 2009.
00:28But after Tsai Ing-wen became Taiwan's president in 2016, China blocked the country from attending.
00:33That's because Tsai's administration rejected Beijing's stance that the two sides belong
00:37to one China.