This is a study about Taiwan and its relation to the United Nations and the World Health Organization. The study is inspired by today’s global situation regarding the Covid-19 pandemic and Taiwan’s exclusion from UN and WHO. The purpose of the study is to understand the exclusion of Taiwan from these global organizations and its consequences. That led to three research questions concerning Taiwan’s historical background to UN and WHO, the relations since 2009 until today, the different ways Taiwan and China argue for their respective position on the “Taiwan issue” and the consequences for Taiwan and its people being excluded from UN and WHO. In order to answer these questions a case study design has been used. Another method has been argumentation analysis. The international relations theory realism has been used together with the argumentation analysis to identify the relevant arguments from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and to improve the understanding of those arguments. The results show that Taiwan’s relations to the UN and WHO has changed substantially over time, that party politics in Taiwan influence China’s approach, that there is a disagreement and different interpretation of historical events between China and Taiwan, and that the consequences of the exclusion are for Taiwan mainly related to health issues and its political status.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:liu-166422 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Bravell, Fredrik |
| Publisher | Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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