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Information has been leaked that china knew of the covid19 outbreak in late November 2019. The doctors who blew the whistle were immediately arrested and detained with two of them dying in custody from covid19.
December 15nth 2019, China signed a trade deal with America with a very interesting clause "By an act of God, if anything like a pandemic breaks out the conditions in the trade deal will not hold".
It seems china knew for 6 weeks about the virus but delayed to control it and deliberately let it spread across the world.
December 30th 2019, Taiwan informs the WHO about the virus and the human to human transmission capability of the virus. The WHO ignores Taiwan to avoid angering China which claims Taiwan to be it's territory.
Despite being close to China, Taiwan imposed lockdown measures and demanded all citizens to wear masks in public and carried out mass testing campaign and aggressive contact tracing. WHO by this time still insisted Human to human infection is not proved and flights from china should not be stopped giving an edge to the virus. The WHO at this time still refused to call this a pandemic.
Earlier that month, Taiwan accused the WHO of ignoring it when the government asked about person-to-person transmission at the very start of the outbreak in China, which it said put lives at risk.
The island has been praised for its swift and decisive handling of its epidemic, which has been relatively controlled and has seen few deaths.
The measures included drastically cutting inbound flights from China and imposing quarantines on travellers early on, which experts say was key in stopping the spread in the community, as well as strict surveillance measures on those in quarantine.
Apr 3, 2020 , WHO is yet to accept warning from Taiwan and still claims the virus can be transmitted by air because China is yet to confirm the same despite a warning from Taiwan on the same.
"The WHO didn't take the information provided by Taiwan seriously, and we believe that led to the delayed global response to the COVID19 pandemic," the CECC said in a written statement to DW.
Taiwan is a highly sensitive issue for Beijing and counts as one of China's "core national interests," said Geddes.
"The WHO and its Director-General Tedros Adhanom must be all too aware that angering China over Taiwan could potentially put an end to their cooperation with Beijing. The WHO's ignoring Taiwan and treating it as if it were a Chinese province appears to be a direct consequence of these fears."
Budget pressures
Another area of contention is the perception of China's growing influence over the institution.
Since its founding in 1948, money to the WHO has flown in two streams: assessments and voluntary contributions. Each member state is required to pay a certain amount to be part of the organization; this is called an "assessed contribution," and the amount depends on a country's population and economic development.
Voluntary contributions are donations from governments as well as partners such as charities and trusts, and the funding is usually earmarked for particular projects.
China's WHO contributions have grown in recent years, rising by 52% since 2014 to approximately $86 million.
While this jump is largely due to China's increase in assessed contributions, Beijing has also slightly increased voluntary contributions from $8.7 million in 2014 to approximately $10.2 million in 2019.
Still, it pales in comparison to the United States which is by far the organization's largest donor. In 2018-19, Washington's total contribution to the WHO was $893 million. The US' donations make up about 14.6% of all voluntary contributions given globally.
The next member country with the biggest contributions is the UK, which paid $434.8 million in dues and donations during that period, followed by Germany and Japan.
December 15nth 2019, China signed a trade deal with America with a very interesting clause "By an act of God, if anything like a pandemic breaks out the conditions in the trade deal will not hold".
It seems china knew for 6 weeks about the virus but delayed to control it and deliberately let it spread across the world.
December 30th 2019, Taiwan informs the WHO about the virus and the human to human transmission capability of the virus. The WHO ignores Taiwan to avoid angering China which claims Taiwan to be it's territory.
Despite being close to China, Taiwan imposed lockdown measures and demanded all citizens to wear masks in public and carried out mass testing campaign and aggressive contact tracing. WHO by this time still insisted Human to human infection is not proved and flights from china should not be stopped giving an edge to the virus. The WHO at this time still refused to call this a pandemic.
Earlier that month, Taiwan accused the WHO of ignoring it when the government asked about person-to-person transmission at the very start of the outbreak in China, which it said put lives at risk.
The island has been praised for its swift and decisive handling of its epidemic, which has been relatively controlled and has seen few deaths.
The measures included drastically cutting inbound flights from China and imposing quarantines on travellers early on, which experts say was key in stopping the spread in the community, as well as strict surveillance measures on those in quarantine.
Apr 3, 2020 , WHO is yet to accept warning from Taiwan and still claims the virus can be transmitted by air because China is yet to confirm the same despite a warning from Taiwan on the same.
"The WHO didn't take the information provided by Taiwan seriously, and we believe that led to the delayed global response to the COVID19 pandemic," the CECC said in a written statement to DW.
Taiwan is a highly sensitive issue for Beijing and counts as one of China's "core national interests," said Geddes.
"The WHO and its Director-General Tedros Adhanom must be all too aware that angering China over Taiwan could potentially put an end to their cooperation with Beijing. The WHO's ignoring Taiwan and treating it as if it were a Chinese province appears to be a direct consequence of these fears."
Budget pressures
Another area of contention is the perception of China's growing influence over the institution.
Since its founding in 1948, money to the WHO has flown in two streams: assessments and voluntary contributions. Each member state is required to pay a certain amount to be part of the organization; this is called an "assessed contribution," and the amount depends on a country's population and economic development.
Voluntary contributions are donations from governments as well as partners such as charities and trusts, and the funding is usually earmarked for particular projects.
China's WHO contributions have grown in recent years, rising by 52% since 2014 to approximately $86 million.
While this jump is largely due to China's increase in assessed contributions, Beijing has also slightly increased voluntary contributions from $8.7 million in 2014 to approximately $10.2 million in 2019.
Still, it pales in comparison to the United States which is by far the organization's largest donor. In 2018-19, Washington's total contribution to the WHO was $893 million. The US' donations make up about 14.6% of all voluntary contributions given globally.
The next member country with the biggest contributions is the UK, which paid $434.8 million in dues and donations during that period, followed by Germany and Japan.
