Column: Why the Chinese and Russian Vaccines Haven't Been Big Geopolitical Wins - a podcast by time.com

from 2021-08-06T08:54:27

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China and Russia both thought the pandemic would give them a chance to show that they are scientifically innovative—and more generous—than Western countries, which were slower to roll out vaccines and which have been accused of hoarding supplies.

It hasn’t worked out.

China’s president Xi Jinping referred to Chinese vaccines as a “global public good.