Alex Azar, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (left) and Joseph Wu, Taiwan's foreign minister, wear protective masks as they leave a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg Alex Azar, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (left) and Joseph Wu, Taiwan's foreign minister, wear protective masks as they leave a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg
Alex Azar, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (left) and Joseph Wu, Taiwan's foreign minister, wear protective masks as they leave a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg
Taiwan
China /  Diplomacy

Taiwan takes aim at ‘Beijing’s suppression’, thanks ‘good friends like America’ during US health secretary talks

  • Communist Party broke international health treaty by failing to warn the world about coronavirus, Alex Azar says during historic visit to island
  • Azar expresses regret over Taiwan being excluded from the World Health Assembly and denied an opportunity to share its health expertise

Topic |   Taiwan
Lawrence Chung
Lawrence Chung

Updated: 11:07pm, 11 Aug, 2020

Why you can trust SCMP
Alex Azar, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (left) and Joseph Wu, Taiwan's foreign minister, wear protective masks as they leave a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg Alex Azar, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (left) and Joseph Wu, Taiwan's foreign minister, wear protective masks as they leave a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg
Alex Azar, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (left) and Joseph Wu, Taiwan's foreign minister, wear protective masks as they leave a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg
READ FULL ARTICLE