[Daily wire] The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) attempts to pressure Australia to back off calls for an international investigation into China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which originated in Wuhan, China, appear to have backfired as Australia now supports Taiwan rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO) after it was ousted by Beijing in 2016."The position, which follows an appeal from Taiwan’s Health Minister, is consistent with Australia’s long-held view that Taiwan should be able to participate in practical cooperation at the UN health agency," The Sydney Morning Herald reported. "Australia and China’s foreign ministries have traded barbs over the past week, leading to accusations of bullying, coercion and intimidation as the Morrison government pushes global calls into an independent inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus."
Taiwan warned the WHO in December about the coronavirus epidemic that was growing inside China but was ignored
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