08 May 2020
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- US Push for Taiwan WHO Observer Status Seen Falling Flat in Southeast Asia
US Push for Taiwan WHO Observer Status Seen Falling Flat in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian nations already straining from the United States-China tug of war for regional influence are likely to avoid supporting Washington’s drive for Taiwan to be granted observer status for a top-level meeting of the World Health Organisation, analysts have said. “This is about basically choosing sides and [the Association of Southeast Asian Nations] would probably not want to stick their necks out … for the issue of Taiwan that Chinese consider to be one of their core interests,” said Hoo Tiang Boon, a Assistant Professor at RSIS who studies cross-straits relations and Chinese foreign policy.
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Last updated on 08/05/2020
