Coronavirus: WHO보스 Tedros와 자유중국간의 피터지는 싸움, 왜 이난국에? 처신잘해야...

Coronavirus Pandemic에 대한 UN산하, WHO의 Tedros 총장과 자유중국간에 요즘 피터지는, 인신공격형 싸움이 계속되고 있다.

자유중국측에서는, WHO측에서 Coronavirus Pandemic에 대한 일체의 자료 공유를 거부하고 WHO로 부터 완전히 제외당하고 있는데, 이는 본토의 중국 공산당 정부의 사주를 받고 한 행동이라고 맹폭격이다.

WHO측에서는 지난 수개월 동안, 인종차별성 비난과 심지어 살해위협까지 받았었다고 하소연하고있다.
그러나 자유중국 대통령, Tsai Ing-wen은 어떤 종류의 인종차별성 표현에 반대하면, 그증거를 보여주기위해 Tedros총장을 타이완에 초청한다고 발표하기도 했었다.

자유중국의 불만은 Coronavirus Pandemic의 방역조치를 위한 그어떠한 정보도 공유할수 없도록 차단 당하고 있다는 것이다.
중국본토의 시진핑 공산당 정부는 타이완은 중국의 일개 주(Province)일뿐이며, 만약에 필요하다면 무력을 사용하여 타이완 섬을 점령할수도 있다고 으름장으로 계속 위협하고 있다.

또한 WHO는 트럼프 대통령으로 부터도 심한 비난을 받고 있는데, 더 악화되면 WHO에서 탈퇴하고, WHO에 지불해 오던 납부금도 중지시킬것이라고 경고를 보내고 있다.

우리 모두가 알고있다시피, Tedros는 아프리카 출신의 의사이다. 아프리카 여행을 해보면, 지금 대륙전체에서 중국인들의 활동을, 특히 기간산업시설, 예를 들면 도로건설, 댐건설등의 사회간접시설에서, 많이 볼수 있다. 전에는 일본인들의 활동이 무척 많았었던 곳이다.

중국산 제품의 품질은 세계시장에서 많이 떨어져, 미개국인 아프리카 사람들 마져도, 우스개 소리로, 자동차가 고장나서 길거리에 서 있거나, 도로 건설공사하는곳을 지나갈때도, 중국산이라서 건설후 얼마나 사용할수 있을지?라고, 원조를 받으면서도 고마워 하기 보다는,비아냥 거리는 소리가 많다.

이러한 중국에, Tedros총장이 많이 기울어져 있다는게 미국을 비롯한 서방세계의 공통된 의견 같다.

자유중국과 WHO간의  Bickering은 쉽게 수그러 들지 않을것 같다는 전망이다.
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A row has erupted after the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) accused Taiwan's leaders of spearheading personal attacks on him.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he had been subjected to racist comments and death threats for months.
But President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan opposed any form of discrimination, and invited Dr Tedros to visit the island.
Taiwan said it had been denied access to vital information as the coronavirus spread. The WHO rejects this.
Taiwan is excluded from the WHO, the United Nations health agency, because of China's objections to its membership.
The Chinese Communist Party regards Taiwan as a breakaway province and claims the right to take it by force if necessary.
The WHO has also been criticised by US President Donald Trump, who has threatened to withdraw US funding to the agency.

What is being said?

Dr Tedros said he had been at the receiving end of racist comments for the past two to three months.
"Giving me names, black or negro," he said. "I'm proud of being black, or proud of being negro."

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He then said he had received death threats, adding: "I don't give a damn."
The WHO chief said the abuse had originated from Taiwan, "and the foreign ministry didn't disassociate" itself from it.

But Ms Tsai said Taiwan was opposed to discrimination.
"For years, we have been excluded from international organisations, and we know better than anyone else what it feels like to be discriminated against and isolated," Reuters news agency quoted her as saying.
"If Director-General Tedros could withstand pressure from China and come to Taiwan to see Taiwan's efforts to fight Covid-19 for himself, he would be able to see that the Taiwanese people are the true victims of unfair treatment."
Taiwan foreign ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou said the comments were "irresponsible" and the accusations "imaginary". The ministry said it was seeking an apology for "slander", AFP news agency reported.
Correspondents say Taiwan has been proud of its measures to contain the virus, with just 380 cases and five deaths so far.
Last month, the WHO said it was monitoring the progress of the virus in Taiwan and learning lessons from its efforts.

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What about the row with the US?

The UN agency has come under continued fire from Mr Trump, who accuses the WHO of being "very China-centric" and has threatened to end funding.
Speaking on Wednesday, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus defended the WHO's work and called for an end to the politicisation of Covid-19.
The disease first emerged last December in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which has just ended an 11-week lockdown. An advisor to the WHO chief earlier said their close work with China had been "absolutely essential" in understanding the disease in its early stages.
Mr Trump's attacks on the WHO come in the context of criticism of his own administration's handling of the pandemic, especially early problems with US testing.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52230833