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William Yang

@WilliamYang120

19 May

@dw_chinese

Latest for @dw_chinese (Eng version): Amid the worst #COVID19 outbreak in #Taiwan, I talked to public health expert Chi Chunhuei about what might have caused the spike in the number of local cases and what should #Taiwan do to get through this challenge. williamyang-35700.medium.com/what-are-the-k…

"Taiwan has done well since the beginning of the outbreak by strictly guarding the border while domestically following a strict guideline of mask-wearing and maintaining social distancing. This allowed Taiwan to have no local cases by mid-April 2020."

"From then until December 2020, Taiwan had no domestic coronavirus cases. The successful control quickly led Taiwanese people into what I called post-pandemic mode, largely living a very normal life.

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William Yang

@WilliamYang120

19 May

@politico

According to @politico, the European Parliament is expected to pass a motion on Thursday to formally freeze the EU’s investment agreement with #China, as MEPs criticize #China's sanctions on EU lawmakers earlier this year. politico.com/news/2021/05/1…

The draft motion will also call on the EU to step up coordination with the U.S. to deal with China, while stressing that any trade deals with Taiwan “should not be held hostage” by the deal with Beijing.

According to the draft, which has been backed by the biggest political groupings, the Parliament will vote to urge that “any consideration of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, ...

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William Yang

@WilliamYang120

19 May

Breaking: #Taiwan reported 275 #COVID19 cases, 267 are local and 8 are imported.

New Taipei: 129 (Zhonghe 26), Taipei: 70 (Wanhua:31), Changhua: 28, Taoyuan: 16, Kaohsiung: 8 Taichung: 5, Keelung: 4, Yilan City: 3 Tainan CIty: 2 Hsinchu City: 2

There are 49 cases without clear sources of infection.

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William Yang

@WilliamYang120

18 May

@SpeakerPelosi

US House Speaker @SpeakerPelosi called for a US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, criticizing #China for human rights abuses and saying global leaders who attend would lose their moral authority. channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/pel…

"What I propose - and join those who are proposing - is a diplomatic boycott," Pelosi said, in which "lead countries of the world withhold their attendance at the Olympics. "Let's not honour the Chinese government by having heads of state go to China," she added.

"For heads of state to go to China in light of a genocide that is ongoing - while you're sitting there in your seat - really begs the question, what moral authority do you have to speak again about human rights any place in the world?" she said.

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William Yang

@WilliamYang120

18 May

@dwnews

Latest for @dwnews: After being one of the world's #COVID19 success stories for more than a year, #Taiwan is now engulfed by its worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic. Here's how the government has responded and how experts assess the situation: dw.com/en/is-taiwans-…

"Throughout the pandemic, Taiwan has been praised as one of the world's few COVID success stories, having kept its total number of cases in the hundreds. However, over the past several days, Taiwan has reported more than 900 new locally transmitted COVID cases."

"On Monday alone, Taiwan reported 335 new cases, a record daily high. The vast majority of the new cases are concentrated in the capital Taipei, and the surrounding New Taipei City region."

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