INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: China’s intransigence blocks Taiwan’s civil aviation bid*

Communications are the lifeblood of the modern world, so when the People’s Republic of China (PRC) uses its effective veto in the United Nations (UN) to keep Taiwan out of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), it hurts us all. The ICAO is the body that regulates and supervises civilian aviation around the world. Taiwan is a major aviation hub, yet it is denied the chance to participate in policy formulation, which means it gets only indirect information about civil aviatio…

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