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Virus Fears: Canada and Japan endorse WHO bid


Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday.
Photo: Reuters

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday thanked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for their support of Taiwan’s bid to join the WHO as the number of confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus cases in the nation increased to nine.

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Cabinet urges Beijing to allow evacuation of Wuhan


Premier Su Tseng-chang talks to reporters at the Central Epidemic Control Center in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

The Executive Yuan yesterday urged Beijing to accept the nation’s request to evacuate about 300 Taiwanese stranded in Wuhan, China, after the city was locked down because of a coronavirus outbreak.

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US House committee blasts ICAO over Taiwan issue


A man cycles past the International Civil Aviation Organization headquarters building in Montreal, Canada, on June 15, 2017.
Photo: Reuters

The US House of Representatives’ Committee on Foreign Affairs on Monday denounced the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for blocking Twitter accounts that criticized the organization’s continued exclusion of Taiwan during a global public health crisis.

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Taiwan confirms fifth new virus case


Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center, speaks at a press conference in Taipei yesterday afternoon.
Photo: CNA

The Central Epidemic Command Center yesterday confirmed a fifth case of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection, urging people returning from China to cooperate with quarantine officers conducting health checks in airports.

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Newsflash

The latest US arms sale to Taiwan seems to show that the US security commitment to its ally in Asia is “wobbling,” an article in The Economist said yesterday, adding that Washington should continue to support Taiwan in the interests of cross-strait relations and Sino-US relations.

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday notified the US Congress of a US$5.85 billion package of arms to Taiwan that did not include the 66 F-16C/D aircraft Taipei was seeking and centered instead on upgrading its existing fleet of aging F-16A/Bs.

Titled “Dim sum for China: Why America should not walk away from Taiwan,” the article said that “Chinese objections made the deal less advantageous than it would have been.”