Taiwan deserves a seat at the international table to fight the coronavirus

This is a serious and potentially dangerous situation, so we must reject the arguments of those who would seek to exclude countries like Taiwan from this fight due to political preferences.

Travellers are scanned at the Pisa International Airport on Feb. 7. Many countries are reporting stark increases in coronavirus cases, and the World Health Organization is warning that the worst could be yet to come, writes Winston Wen-yi Chen. Flickr photograph courtesy of Italy’s Civil Protection Department

Opinion

BY WINSTON WEN-YI CHEN

March 4, 2020

With growing fears that the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could turn into a global pandemic, it is clear that China’s efforts to control the spread of the virus have been unsuccessful. Many countries are reporting stark increases in cases, and the World Health Organization (WHO) is war...

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