Political economy of vaccine diplomacy: explaining varying strategies of China, India, and Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy

Suzuki, Mao; Yang, Shiming

doi:10.1080/09692290.2022.2074514

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“…While most other governments preferred enforced large-scale social separation lockdowns, China relied primarily on voluntary suggestions ( 70 ). Comparing China's COVID-19 mortality to Pakistan's and Russia's is instructive in terms of death statistics ( 67 ) ( Figure 1 ), while all three countries' COVID-19 deaths per million people achieved epidemic suppression (a fall in the time-varying reproduction number Rt to below), mortality varied greatly, with daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people data. China, Pakistan, and Russia initially exhibited similar epidemic trends, implying equal levels of virus seeding in each country ( 67 ) ( Figure 2 ).…”

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“…China helped as well, sending supplies and equipment. President Vucic praised Vladimir Putin on Twitter, saying the two nations' friendship had been “reaffirmed” ( 67 ). The Chinese President, on the other hand, had a far warmer reception, with a big billboard in central Belgrade proclaiming “Thank you, Brother Xi!” and other expressions of Sino-Serbian ties, such as assertions by the previous Chinese ambassador that Serbia and China are really one family ( 68 ).…”

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“…China helped as well, sending supplies and equipment. President Vucic praised Vladimir Putin on Twitter, saying the two nations' friendship had been "reaffirmed" (67). The Chinese President, on the other hand, had a far warmer reception, with a big billboard in central Belgrade proclaiming "Thank you, Brother Xi!"…”

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Global law, policy, and governance for effective prevention and control of COVID-19: A comparative analysis of the law and policy of Pakistan, China, and Russia

Khaskheli

Wang

Hussain

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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Global health governance is a developing system in this complex institutional regime. The local and regional health policies sometimes challenge global health governance due to diverse discourse in various countries. In the wake of COVID-19, global health governance was reaffirmed as indifferent modules to control and eliminate the pandemic; however, the global agencies later dissected their own opinion and said that “countries must learn to live with a pandemic.” Given the controversial statement, this research focuses on the strong and effective policies of the Russian Federation, Pakistan, and China. The research uses the law and governance results and newly developed policies of the three countries formed under the global health policies. The conclusion is based on the statement that in order to live with the pandemic, strong health measures are required at each level.

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Global law, policy, and governance for effective prevention and control of COVID-19: A comparative analysis of the law and policy of Pakistan, China, and Russia

Khaskheli

Wang

Hussain

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Front. Public Health

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“…China has tried to expand the market for its vaccines through diplomacy in developing countries. China based its vaccine diplomacy on its comparative advantages in vaccine R&D, manufacturing and delivery, and it has achieved a relatively significant success [ 34 ]. Chinese COVID-19 vaccines have claimed the largest market share in developing countries.…”

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China’s Vaccine Diplomacy and Its Implications for Global Health Governance

2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on global economy and human communities. Promoting the accessibility and affordability of vaccine via diplomacy is the key to mitigating the pandemic crisis. China has been accused of seeking geopolitical objectives by launching vaccine diplomacy. The definition of vaccine diplomacy is neutral by nature. China’s vaccine diplomacy is based on its holistic approach to national security and the importance China attaches to the “Belt and Road” Initiative. With a whole-of-government approach on both the bilateral and multilateral levels and marketization of vaccines, China’s vaccine diplomacy has immense implications for global health governance, in that it helps to narrow the global immunization vaccination gap and to promote human-right-based approach to global health governance. However, the sustainability of China’s vaccine diplomacy is questionable because of the Sino-American geopolitical competition and doubts over the efficacy of China’s vaccines. The escalation of power rivalry between China and the U.S. and the concerns over the efficacy of China’s vaccines forebode the gloomy future of China’s vaccine diplomacy.

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“…The final lesson from COVID-19 is Diplomacy. During the pandemic, it was demonstrable that vaccines and other healthcare support was used as a geopolitical tool for alliances in the pursuit of diplomacy [ 7 ]. The approach of using healthcare as an instrument of diplomacy does not take into account healthcare outcomes, or objective data, but is governed only on the principle that vaccines and healthcare itself can be used in the same way as weapons or energy exports.…”

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