TAIPEI: Taiwan on Tuesday hit out at countries that"confuse" it with China after the Philippines became the latest to impose a travel ban on the island over the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
Beijing views Taiwan as its own territory - part of a"one China" - and has vowed to eventually take the island, by force if necessary.Advertisement"To confuse Taiwan with China has caused troubles for our side and in the international community," foreign ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou told reporters.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has worked in recent years to warm ties with China in search of trade and investment.
The Philippines has so far not enacted any travel bans to countries like Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Thailand even though they have more confirmed infections than Taiwan. The coronavirus outbreak has vividly illustrated this isolation, with Taiwan the only place currently experiencing an outbreak that is not a part of the WHO.Italy has banned flights by Taiwanese carriers, Bangladesh has stopped Taiwanese travellers from entering while Mongolia initially enacted a ban and then said it would review visa applications on a case by case basis.
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