Chinas Capture of WHO Risks New Health Crisis: Analysts

Beijing seeks to tighten its grip on the U.N. agency to subvert the international order, experts warn.A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb. 6, 2020. Denis Balibouse/Reuters1/30/2026|Updated: 1/30/2026News AnalysisChina is seeking to become the World Health Organization’s top financier to secure absolute control, a move experts have warned could dismantle global disease management and ignite another health catastrophe.Jarvis Lim is a Taiwan-based writer focusing on human rights, U.S.–China relations, China’s economic and political influence in Southeast Asia, and cross-strait relations. Author’s Selected Articles