Czech Senate passes resolution backing Taiwan s participation in WHO
04/30/2021 12:05 PM
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London/Taipei, April 30 (CNA) A plenary session of the Czech Senate on Wednesday voted 58:0 to approve a resolution supporting Taiwan s participation in all meetings, mechanisms and activities under the World Health Organization (WHO).
In addition to urging the Czech government to express its support for Taiwan s bid to participate in the WHO, the resolution also affirmed the gains between the two sides in their anti-pandemic cooperation, agreed under a joint statement in April 2020.
Czech Senate President Miloš Vystrčil, who visited Taiwan in late August despite a warning from Beijing, shared the result of the Senate vote on his Twitter account on Thursday.
28 Apr 2021
Taiwan is considering a bill that would ban public displays of the communist Chinese flag as part of a set of reforms aimed at asserting Taiwanese sovereignty, including a passport redesign officials said on Tuesday had proven extremely popular.
A bill recently proposed by a member of Taiwan’s anti-communist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which opposes Chinese influence in Taiwan would ban “raising, lowering, hanging, displaying, holding or brandishing a political or military flag of a hostile foreign power in public places. Those found guilty would be subject to fines of up to $1,782,” the Diplomat reported on April 24.
The bill would target the public display of the five-star People’s Republic of China (PRC) flag in Taiwan and require an amendment to Taiwan’s National Security Act to “criminalize certain actions deemed hostile to the nation,” according to the Diplomat. DPP legislator Wang Ting-yu first proposed the amendment in October 2020 w
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Travel bubble not applicable to own government officials: MOFA
04/27/2021 07:12 PM
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei. CNA file photo
Taipei, April 27 (CNA) Taiwan s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Tuesday said the diplomatic travel bubble arrangement for visiting foreign dignitaries does not apply to government officials of the nation, making it unlikely opposition lawmakers will succeed in their efforts to summon the top envoy to Japan for his comments on nuclear wastewater.
The controversy is linked to Tokyo s announcement on April 13 that it plans to release more than 1.25 million tons of treated nuclear wastewater containing tritium from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in around two years.
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