特朗普称世卫组织“被中国控制”，CGTN主播用事实犀利质问！

Editor's note: Is the World Health Organization (WHO) controlled by China? Is it too "China-centric" as U.S. President Trump claims? In this episode of Reality Check with Wang Guan, the CGTN anchor analyses the leadership and donor structures of the WHO, and probes if Trump is deflecting blame to the WHO for his administration's failure to contain COVID-19.

President Donald Trump said the United States is halting funding to the World Health Organization. And one reason he cited is that the organization is favoring China at the expense of America. 

特朗普总统称美国将暂停向世界卫生组织提供资金支持。他援引的理由之一是该组织偏袒中国，损害美国利益。

On Wednesday at the White House (April 16), Trump said: "I feel very badly about the World Health Organization. But it has been a tool of China. It's been as I say totally China-centric. It's like they control this group. "

周三（4月16日），他在白宫讲话时说：“我为世界卫生组织感到遗憾。它一直就是中国的一个工具，一直就像我说的那样围着中国转……好像中国在控制着这个组织。”

So, is the WHO controlled by China?

那么，世卫组织是不是被中国控制呢？

Well, if you look at the organization's leadership, the 21 most senior members represent 19 different countries and half are actually from the U.S., Europe or Canada. Only one senior member is from China.

让我们来看一下世卫组织的领导层构成。21个最高级别官员分别来自19个国家，其中半数来自美国、欧洲或加拿大，只有一名来自中国。

To be honest, it's even insulting to look it that way to politicize the staff members' backgrounds. After all, they are doctors, epidemiologists, aid workers and public health experts by training or through practice, with decades of experience.

老实说，这样的分析让人感到惭愧……这其实是把世卫人员的背景政治化了。事实上，他们是受过专业训练或执业的医生、流行病学家、救援人员和公共卫生专家，有着几十年的丰富经验。

Even so, some folks still have the impression that China, somehow, has bought its way into the WHO.

即便如此，还是有人觉得中国利用金钱拉拢了世卫组织。

Well, China gave the third-largest amount of membership fees in 2018 through 2019, below the U.S. and Japan. But according to the WHO, membership fees now only account for less than a quarter of the organization's total financing. The rest comes from voluntary contributions with the highest donors being the United States, the United Nations, South Korea, Australia, Gates Foundation, Japan, GAVI Alliance, National Philanthropic Trust, the UK, New Zealand, Bloomberg and the European Commission.

2018年至2019年，中国在世卫组织缴纳的会费金额排第三，仅次于美国和日本。

但根据世卫组织官方信息，会员费目前仅占该组织资金来源的不到四分之一，剩下的资金来自自愿捐赠。自愿捐助额最多的国家和组织按排名依次是美国、联合国、韩国、澳大利亚、盖茨基金会、日本、全球疫苗免疫联盟、全国慈善信托基金、英国、新西兰、彭博和欧盟委员会。

When these two funding sources are combined, China was just the sixth largest state funder and ranked even lower if you add corporations and non-government organizations. 

将这两个资金来源综合来看，中国只是第六大出资国。如果将企业和非政府组织的资助算进来，中国的排名更低。

Another accusation by President Trump against the WHO was that it is following China's narrative on the coronavirus and didn't do enough to stop it.

特朗普谴责世卫组织的另一个原因是它“附和”了中国对新冠病毒的说法，没有采取足够行动阻止疫情传播。

But with all due respect, Mr. President, you yourself followed China's narrative just a few months ago when you praised China at least 15 times for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, including this tweet where you said the U.S. greatly appreciates China's "efforts and transparency."

但恕我直言，总统先生，就在几个月前，你自己也附和了中国的说法，当时你至少15次赞扬了中国的疫情应对，包括在推特上说美国非常赞赏中国的“抗疫举措和透明度”。

And on February 10, you even said "China is very professionally run in the sense that they have everything under control...we just sent some of our best people over there, World Health Organization and a lot of them are composed of our people. They are fantastic."

2月10日，你甚至还说“中国的治理非常专业，使得疫情全面得到控制...我们刚刚派出了一些最优秀的人员去那里，世界卫生组织，他们派出的团队当中很多人都是我们美国人。他们都太棒了。”

Why blame the WHO now for following the same narrative you yourself endorsed, at a time when your administration failed badly to contain the outbreak in your own borders?

为何指责世卫组织遵循中方的说法呢？你自己也认可过中方的说法啊。而且指责的时间点恰逢美国本土防疫不利导致疫情失控的时候。

It makes many wonder if this is yet another instance of the White House employing the old political strategy: to deflect, deny and direct blame to others for its own problems and failures.

这让许多人思考，是不是白宫又在玩老一套政治把戏：转移视线、撇清自己，把自己的问题和失策归咎于别人。

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