Taiwan/Japan/WHO

Taiwan group seeks Japan's support for WHO bid
06 Apr 2006 10:06:36 GMT

Source: Reuters

"I think that to play a role in such issues of (public) health management based on a political decision is something that is very regrettable," Wu Nan-her, a senior executive of a Taiwan doctors' association, told a news conference in Tokyo, referring to China's stance.

公衆の健康の問題に関して政治を絡ませるのはよくないぞ、って中国に対する台湾側の主張はもっともです。で、日本はというと

"We have said that Japan thinks it is desirable for Taiwan to participate in some form as an observer in a way that satisfies related parties," a Japanese government official said last week.

Taiwan first sought observer status at the WHO in 1997, but its request has been rejected for nine straight years.

ちゃんと応援しているのね。でもたぶん中国側の反対でぽしゃ。意地悪ね。