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Susan Korah and David Kilgour

Susan Korah is an Ottawa-based journalist and David Kilgour was secretary of state, Asia-Pacific, 2002-2003, and Africa/Latin America, 1997-2002, in the Chrétien government.

No evidence to back WHO director general’s accusations against Taiwan

OTTAWA—The pattern surrounding the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Beijing party-state’s ongoing influence over it continues. Taiwan, a nation that has shown impressive

Opinion | BY SUSAN KORAH AND DAVID KILGOUR | April 20, 2020

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen and WHO Director General Tedros A. Ghebreyesus. Almost 100 anti-COVID-19 initiatives from Taiwan’s national government included: screening Wuhan flights as early as Dec. 31; banning Wuhan residents on Jan. 23; suspending Taiwanese visits to Hubei province on Jan. 25; and barring all Chinese arrivals on Feb. 6. These and other measures resulted in only 388 confirmed cases and six deaths as of April 12 in a population of almost 24 million. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

No evidence to back WHO director general’s accusations against Taiwan

Opinion | BY SUSAN KORAH AND DAVID KILGOUR | April 20, 2020

OTTAWA—The pattern surrounding the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Beijing party-state’s ongoing influence over it continues. Taiwan, a nation that has shown impressive

No evidence to back WHO director general’s accusations against Taiwan

Opinion | BY SUSAN KORAH AND DAVID KILGOUR | April 20, 2020

OTTAWA—The pattern surrounding the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Beijing party-state’s ongoing influence over it continues. Taiwan, a nation that has shown impressive

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen and WHO Director General Tedros A. Ghebreyesus. Almost 100 anti-COVID-19 initiatives from Taiwan’s national government included: screening Wuhan flights as early as Dec. 31; banning Wuhan residents on Jan. 23; suspending Taiwanese visits to Hubei province on Jan. 25; and barring all Chinese arrivals on Feb. 6. These and other measures resulted in only 388 confirmed cases and six deaths as of April 12 in a population of almost 24 million. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

No evidence to back WHO director general’s accusations against Taiwan

OTTAWA—The pattern surrounding the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Beijing party-state’s ongoing influence over it continues. Taiwan, a nation that has shown impressive

Opinion | BY SUSAN KORAH AND DAVID KILGOUR | April 20, 2020

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen and WHO Director General Tedros A. Ghebreyesus. Almost 100 anti-COVID-19 initiatives from Taiwan’s national government included: screening Wuhan flights as early as Dec. 31; banning Wuhan residents on Jan. 23; suspending Taiwanese visits to Hubei province on Jan. 25; and barring all Chinese arrivals on Feb. 6. These and other measures resulted in only 388 confirmed cases and six deaths as of April 12 in a population of almost 24 million. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

No evidence to back WHO director general’s accusations against Taiwan

Opinion | BY SUSAN KORAH AND DAVID KILGOUR | April 20, 2020

OTTAWA—The pattern surrounding the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Beijing party-state’s ongoing influence over it continues. Taiwan, a nation that has shown impressive

No evidence to back WHO director general’s accusations against Taiwan

Opinion | BY SUSAN KORAH AND DAVID KILGOUR | April 20, 2020

OTTAWA—The pattern surrounding the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Beijing party-state’s ongoing influence over it continues. Taiwan, a nation that has shown impressive

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-Wen and WHO Director General Tedros A. Ghebreyesus. Almost 100 anti-COVID-19 initiatives from Taiwan’s national government included: screening Wuhan flights as early as Dec. 31; banning Wuhan residents on Jan. 23; suspending Taiwanese visits to Hubei province on Jan. 25; and barring all Chinese arrivals on Feb. 6. These and other measures resulted in only 388 confirmed cases and six deaths as of April 12 in a population of almost 24 million. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia