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The Taiwan government starts a campaign inviting citizens to donate face mask quota and ā€˜send face masks which can be bought but not bought ā€™ to other countries as part of Taiwan's response to global humanitarian aids

(28 Apr) In order to make it easy for Taiwan citizens to participate, Taiwan government develops a simply to respond by action 4 steps app.Taiwan has not recorded any new case in 16 consecutive days. Taiwan's successful model has attracted international attention. Its Public Health and Welfare Ministry had a teleconference with his counterpart in USA Alex Azar II sharing information about COVID-19 and Taiwan's experience in controlling the pandemics.

Source: Tsai Ing-Wen Facebook
https://bit.ly/3fmQXVC

Further reading:
Taiwan envoy to DC confronts WHO officials over islandā€™s exclusion
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3924855

#Taiwan #Coronavirus #Masks #Taiwancanhelp
2020.05.20: Taiwan inauguration - President Tsai Ing-wen pledges to expand international presence

Congratulations to President Tsai!
Taiwan is working hard to gain international recognition and to develop its economy under her leadership in the next 4 years.

Taiwan's pandemic preparedness under Tsai yielded an extraordinary result in combating the coronavirus, despite the lack of recognition from international bodies. Furthermore, they have also been promoting the 'Taiwan Can Help' campaign, where #Taiwan has been donating surgical face masks and other medical supplies to countries in need.

Despite all the efforts put in by Taiwan, the World Health Organization (#WHO ) has made the skewed decision not to invited Taiwan to this weekā€™s meeting about the pandemic, highly possibly due to pressure from #China .

The slogan anti-pandemic campaign, 'Taiwan Can Help', was written in the skies of Canberra and Sydney over the weekend with the help of airplanes, by 26 Taiwanese doctors working in Australia. They initiated a pro-Taiwan drive on the internet. hoping that the #Australian government will support Taiwanā€™s admission as a country into the WHO.

#democracy #pandemic #TaiwanCanHelp #WHO #Taiwan


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-eSUkSGyjE&feature=youtu.be
#Censorship
#WHO Facebook Page Censors #TaiwanCanHelp Comments

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist #JoshuaWong wrote on his Facebook page:

"I intended to comment #TaiwanCanHelp on WHO's Facebook to support Taiwan's inclusion in the World Health Assembly. However, my comment was censored and I am not allowed to post the text.

#Facebook spokeperson stated that page owners can manage their comments including censoring keywords to prevent it from appearing in the comment section.

It is believed that the page owner activated this function and banned keywords related to "Taiwan Can Help", making it impossible for people to comment.

Why does WHO have to set Taiwan as a sensitive keyword? Does it have the same effect of "Voldemort" in the Harry Potter series?

I believe the WHO has to explain this."

[Editor's Note: Netizens including those who wrote in Thai and Mongolian experienced the same problem.]

Source: Joshua Wong; WHO Facebook Page #Nov12

https://www.facebook.com/200976479994868/posts/3500463153379501/
WHO Facebook Suspected of Banning Comments About Taiwan

The World Health Organisation posted a COVID-19 vaccine Q&A video on Facebook on Nov 12. The former secretary general of Demosistō, Joshua Wong, attempted to comment "Taiwan can help" on the video, but had his comment removed. Joshua believed that the WHO Facebook page's administrators had set a ban on comments mentioning Taiwan. He compared the ban to Lord Voldemort as a taboo in Harry Potter.

Joshua Wong said the WHO published a live video about COVID-19 vaccines at mid-night, Nov 12 HKT. He planned to write #TaiwanCanHelp to express his support on Taiwan joining the WHO meeting. However, the page limited his comment showing an exclamation mark in a red frame disallowing the comment.

Source: Stand News #Nov12

#Taiwan #WHO #JoshuaWong #Facebook

https://bit.ly/38VO90X