DESPITE the good news that Covid-19 vaccines have been effective in trials, the life-saving products have, time and again, been politicised by certain Western politicians, who portray China’s vaccines as a bargaining chip to expand political influence.
“Vaccine diplomacy” is the term Western critics often like to use. They claim that the vaccine has become a tool to increase China’s global influence and iron out geopolitical issues.
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