Twitter row erupts over UN bodies’ exclusion of Taiwan in virus fight
When academics and analysts called for Taiwan to be kept in the loop on Twitter, many found themselves blocked by the ICAO, which is currently headed by Fang Liu, a former Civil Aviation of China official. – AFP pic, January 29, 2020.
A TWITTER row over Taiwan’s lack of access to international agencies to fight the new coronavirus outbreak has landed the UN aviation body in hot water after it blocked followers who criticised its refusal to work with the self-ruled island. The spread of a new deadly virus in central China has sparked alarm throughout the region and sent countries scrambling to reassess international flights as they try to stop the epidemic spreading.
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