Tag: vaccine diplomacy

Exports of China’s COVID-19 Vaccines Plunge, Hindering the Regime’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’

The export of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines has dropped significantly this year due to its low effectiveness, especially against new mutations of the virus, hampering the Chinese communist regime’s campaign of “vaccine diplomacy.” At the end of 2020, when the world urgently needed COVID-19 vaccines, China launched its vaccine diplomacy by providing a large number of…


China Uses Pandemic to Lasso Foreign Militaries, Vaccine As Tool

The Chinese military uses the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to lasso over 50 foreign militaries, and has sent vaccines, its key weapon, to 28 countries. The Chinese Ministry of Defense (MOD) spreads China-made COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries for diplomatic purposes, which is not an army’s role nor a defense responsibility in general, and…


Chinese Military Pushes Beijing’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’

The Chinese military has been a key player in Beijing’s bid to use “vaccine diplomacy” to increase its global influence, having delivered China-made COVID-19 vaccines to military forces in 28 countries. The Chinese Ministry of Defense (MOD) has donated vaccines to the militaries of developing countries across four continents, an act rarely seen carried out…


US Donates 1.5 Million More COVID-19 Vaccines to Taiwan

The United States delivered an additional 1.5 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan, on top of the first 2.5 million doses in June. “Our donation reflects our commitment to Taiwan, a vibrant democracy, valued partner, and trusted friend,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said via Twitter on Sunday morning. Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan’s de facto…


More Countries Abandon Chinese COVID Shots, Signaling a Setback to Regime’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’

More Asian countries are abandoning Chinese vaccines and a Pacific Island nation had delayed the approval of them amid concerns raised about their reduced protection levels against CCP virus infections, giving more validation to a recent suggestion that the window of opportunity is narrowing for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) so-called “vaccine diplomacy.” Millions of people have received…


China Using Vaccine Donations for Political Ends, Says German Foreign Minister

BERLIN—Germany’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused China of tying the delivery of coronavirus vaccines to political demands. Heiko Maas said both Russia and China had been good at publicly promoting the delivery of their vaccines to other countries, but also pursued other aims in doing so. “We note, in particular with China, that the supply…


Timeline of China’s COVID Vaccine Development Raises Serious Concerns

Commentary Ever since the CCP virus began spreading in China around the fall of 2019, its vaccine development was once ahead of the rest of the world. However, as one analyzes the timeline of the R&D process of Chinese-made vaccines, a series of anomalies occur, prompting the international community to question the origin of COVID-19. Moreover, the…


If Ukraine Wants Help Against Russia, Kiev Must Stand Against China

Commentary Ukraine is in dire straits, not least because Russia invaded the new democracy in 2014 and is still there, violating its borders on a daily basis, and shooting off missiles at Ukrainian soldiers in the country’s east. So, Ukraine looks for support anywhere it can find. The United States, Britain, and NATO generally have…


Japan, US Pledge to Donate Billions of Dollars to COVAX to Counter Beijing’s Vaccine Diplomacy

Japan and United States have recently pledged to donate more COVID-19 vaccines and funding to developing countries through the COVAX global sharing scheme to counter the Chinese communist regime’s vaccine diplomacy. At the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) summit on June 2 in Japan, summit chairman Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged that Japan would…


China’s Sinopharm Begins Vaccinations in Pacific Islands Amid Concerns of Beijing’s Expanding Hegemony

China’s Sinopharm has this week begun rolling out its COVID-19 vaccination program in the Solomon Islands, amid wider concerns of Beijing’s “vaccine diplomacy” efforts and attempts to expand its hegemony in the South Pacific region. Deputy Prime Minister Manasseh Maelanga received the first jab on May 21 at a vaccination launch ceremony at the Central…