As Adverse Reactions Grow, China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Should Raise International Alarm

As Adverse Reactions Grow, China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Should Raise International Alarm
Healthcare workers protest being given Sinovac vaccine instead of Pfizer-BioNTech in Manila, Philippines, on Feb. 26, 2021. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
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China has been touting the success of its COVID-19 vaccines at home and abroad, luring a number of countries into purchasing Sinovac and Sinopharm, two front-runner Chinese vaccines. Moreover, whenever a foreign sale is made, Chinese authorities immediately cite it as proof of popularity and effectiveness in the propaganda it uses inside China.

Such propaganda has indeed achieved a certain amount of success both inside the country and in the international community.