reason to be cheerful?

TT: WHO invites ‘Chinese Taipei’ to WHA

Taiwan has received a letter from the WHO inviting it to attend as an observer at this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting next month under the name “Chinese Taipei,” Department of Health (DOH) Minister Yeh Ching-chuan (葉金川) said yesterday.

...Taiwan’s presence at this annual meeting of the decision-­making arm of the WHO would mark the first time the country has been allowed to participate in a meeting or activity of a specialized UN agency since losing its UN membership to China in 1971.

But Taiwan is NOT going to this meeting; "Chinese Taipei" is,
and actually Taiwan was not a member of the UN; China (ROC) was and was replaced as "China member" by China (PRC)
the people of Taiwan were never represented and have never been asked their opinion
that's 23 million people, in case you think it's just a little unimportant island, and 17th (or so) largest trading nation in the world
(sorry, back to the TT article)

... Taiwan launched a campaign to participate in the WHO in 1997, but to no avail amid opposition from China.

so am i the only one worried that Ma&Co. have promised China something in return for what Ma calls the "goodwill of the 'mainland authorities'"?

... The officials at yesterday’s press conference declined to say what had transpired between Chinese and Taiwanese negotiators that led to Taiwan being granted WHA observer status.