Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Sunday offered China “necessary assistance” to help it deal with a surge in COVID-19 cases, but said Chinese military activities near the island were beneficial to peace and stability. Wasn’t
In an abrupt change of policy, China last month began dismantling the world’s strictest pandemic regime of lockdowns and widespread testing, according to some international health experts, meaning COVID-19 is spreading largely unchecked and Infecting millions of people.
Tsai, in her traditional New Year’s message to the president’s office, said everyone has noticed a rise in cases in China, which claims Taiwan as its territory and has stepped up military pressure to assert those claims.
“As long as there is a need, based on the status of humanitarian care, we are ready to provide the necessary assistance to help more people get out of the pandemic and spend the new year healthy and safe,” she said, without elaborating .