Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文, CNA file photo)
TAIPEI, April 10 (The China Post/ANN) — President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday invited World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to visit Taiwan amid growing controversy over his claim that Taiwan is behind a campaign of personal attacks against him.
In a press briefing Wednesday (Central European Time), Tedros — an Ethiopian microbiologist and the first African to lead the public health body — said he had been the victim of racially abusive attacks emanating from Taiwan, and said that the country’s foreign ministry, rather than disavowing the attacks, actually stepped up its criticism of him.
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