U.S.-China Clash Dominates WHO Summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening of the 73rd World Health Assembly via video link in Beijing. | Li Xueren/Xinhua

NBC: WHO coronavirus assembly: U.S.-China clash dominates as summit reaches finale

President Donald Trump teed up the final day of the summit by sending an excoriating letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

LONDON — Amid escalating tensions between the United States and China, the World Health Organization's annual assembly passed a resolution Tuesday calling for an investigation into how the WHO and the wider world have responded to the coronavirus crisis.

Many questions remain unanswered and there is plenty of scope for further conflict.

Though the resolution was passed without objection at the 73rd World Health Assembly, it is not clear when this international investigation might happen, what its scope might be, and what role the WHO will play. The United States and China both welcomed the proposal, but the assembly highlighted the acute hostility between the world's two largest economies — a battle that has enveloped the WHO itself.

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Update #1: US, China standoff ensnares WHO meeting on COVID-19 fight (AP)
Update #2: WHO summit devolves into U.S.-China proxy battle (Politico)

WNU Editor: This entire summit did not end well. And adding fuel to the fire, Taiwan .... Taiwan's stunning success against coronavirus leaves China fuming (9 News/CNN).