“China’s ‘vaccine diplomacy’ is not unconditional,” Ardhitya Eduard Yeremia and Klaus Heinrich Raditio argued in a paper published by the Singapore-based Yusof Ishak Institute. China’s vaccine rollout has been especially prevalent in south-east Asia. Nine of 10 Asean countries – Vietnam has not taken any Chinese vaccines – have or have indicated they will accept Chinese vaccines. Indonesia bought more than 150m Sinovac, Sinopharm and CanSino vaccine doses, while Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand also bought vaccines. China has donated millions of vaccine doses to Niger, Mozambique, Namibia, the Gambia, Gabon, Zimbabwe and Guinea, among others.

Source: The Guardian March 27, 2021 18:56 UTC