When SARS swept across Asia in 2003, it knew no borders. Taiwan sought to attend a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting charting a strategy to combat the disease, but Beijing vetoed its participation. China likewise impeded WHO-Taiwan cooperation against the backdrop of the 2004 bird flu…
When SARS swept across Asia in 2003, it knew no borders. Taiwan sought to attend a World Health Organization meeting charting a strategy to combat the disease, but Beijing vetoed its participation. China likewise impeded WHO-Taiwan cooperation against the backdrop of the 2004 bird flu epidemic. In a compromise the following year, China and WHO signed a memorandum agreeing that WHO would communicate any health-related matters first to Beijing, which then would convey the information to Taiwan.
Communist China’s willingness to risk global health to score diplomatic points against Taiwan extended to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Dec. 31, 2019, Taiwan queried WHO about potential for COVID-19 human-to-human transmission. Out of sensitivity to Beijing, WHO did not reply. WHO subsequently ignored Taiwan’s attempts to exchange information about COVID-19 and best practices, even though these might have benefited other countries.
How ironic it is then that the White House and State Department stand aside as China, which never contributed to the Global Coalition against the Islamic State, undermines Interpol’s ability to cooperate with Taiwan. This comes even as Taiwan’s sporadic under-the-table cooperation with the international police organization has helped track down fugitives and recover tens of millions of dollars of stolen or embezzled funds.
The inability to share intelligence on potential terrorists and those using fraudulent or stolen travel documents poses a global risk far beyond Taiwan. That first the Trump administration and then the Biden White House tolerated such Chinese antics is inexcusable. As Turkey releases Islamic State detainees against the backdrop of the earthquake and as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demands the United States and others stop funding Syrian Kurds who maintain other prisons for Islamic State fighters, the risk of terrorism will grow. It is time the United States embraces and respects not only the money Taiwan contributes, but also its spirit. It is time to stand up for Taiwan at Interpol, even making U.S.
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