Why Is China is Sending Vaccines to Certain Countries and Not Others?

The list of countries receiving Chinese vaccines around the world is large and growing but it’s still not clear what criteria China uses to distribute vaccines to some countries over others.

Two Czech researchers at the Association for International Affairs in Prague used open-source information to track Chinese vaccine donations around the world and tried to discern the motivations behind China’s distribution strategy from the data.

Key Highlights From Ivana Karásková and Veronika Blablová Report on “The Logic of China’s Vaccine Diplomacy”

  • FREE SAMPLES WORKED: “Provision of a “free sample” often resulted in the recipient country’s interest in the purchase of the vaccine, this time in millions of doses.
  • EQUAL TREATMENT: “China [does not] treat its customers equally. Some countries received vaccines in the form of donations, while others purchased them or were offered a loan to buy them – an alternative aimed primarily at the Latin American and Caribbean countries.”

The Complete List of Where Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines Are Going Around the World

For the first time, there’s now a detailed list showing which countries are receiving Chinese-made vaccines, what brand and whether they’re being purchased or donated.

The list is based on open-source information and is current as of March 17th. The information was compiled by Veronika Blablová, a research assistant for China projects at the Association for International Affairs in Prague:

View the complete grid (larger) on The Diplomat website.

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