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> Who came up with the idea that the WHO is "chinese controlled"? Indeed, this only is the case because the US chose to withdrew funding from the WHO (it hasn'
by bildung 6y ago
> Who came up with the idea that the WHO is "chinese controlled"?
Indeed, this only is the case because the US chose to withdrew funding from the WHO (it hasn't really paid what it has underwritten before), while China simply continued to pay its membership dues. https://www.devex.com/news/us-says-it-will-cut-who-funding-what-happens-next-97439 https://www.devex.com/news/us-says-it-will-cut-who-funding-w...
- fsh 6y agoChina supplies 0.88% of the WHO budget [1]. The idea that they somehow control the organization is ridiculous and was spread by certain politicians that needed someone to blame for their failures. [1] http://open.who.int/2020-21/contributors/contributor http://open.who.int/2020-21/contributors/contributor
- bildung 6y agoIt's actually over 11%, as stated on your link, isn't it? The US was the biggest contributor with 20% (on paper, it didn't actually wire all this money to the WHO, only signed the contracts), which is now zero.