Dear Log,
As we are distracted by the current round of chasing boogeymen in the Middle East and west Asia, let us not forget the sheer loathesomeness of the current Chinese government and all that it does.
«Dr Hsu-mei Hsu, of Taiwan's centre for disease control, claimed that because Taiwan was not a member of the UN, the WHO was not providing sufficient help."The WHO are not allowed to provide information to us because of the political situation," he added.
Taiwan could get help from the WHO on technical matters as long as the organisation did not imply that the island was separate from China, a WHO spokesman said.»
--"China threatens death to anyone spreading Sars deliberately "
