The Importance of COVID-19 Vaccines in Chinese Foreign Policy
The Importance of COVID-19 Vaccines in Chinese Foreign Policy

Author(s): Marcin Przychodniak
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: COVID-19; Vaccine; China; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: Shipments of Chinese vaccines abroad are to demonstrate China’s effectiveness in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen its political influence around the world. The country also wants to increase the credibility of its biotechnology companies on the global market. The implementation of these plans may be hampered by the lack of reliable studies on the Chinese vaccines and the demand for them in China itself. To fight the pandemic and counter China’s influence, the EU may make some of its vaccines available to developing countries through COVAX, in cooperation with the U.S. when it joins the initiative.

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