Taiwan Pulls Out of WTO Event Over Province of China Label by Host Cameroon

Guards raise Taiwan’s national flag on the Democracy Boulevard at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Nov. 29, 2024. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty ImagesTAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan has pulled out of a ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) scheduled for later this week in Cameroon, after the host country chose to designate the island as a “Province of China” in visa documents for members of Taiwan’s delegation.Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Cameroon’s decision in a statement on March 20, calling the erroneous designation on travel documents “seriously demeaning Taiwan’s status.”