Kau explained that under the agreement between the WHO and China, Taiwan sometimes had to participate in the WHO's technical meetings under the name "Taiwan, China" or sometimes participated as "Taipei."
"We tried to be pragmatic and flexible on the status issue because sometimes, if the [WHO's] invitations go directly to Beijing, then Taiwan's name will be downgraded. But if not, for example, when we participated in a meeting held in Japan ... in that case we can just ignore Beijing and go directly to the organization responsible for holding the meeting. There is a limit to China's pressure," Kau said.
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