The COVID-19 outbreak has cut China's supply of and raised the world's demand for face masks, disinfectants … China's exports of medical equipment during the first two months of the global pandemic. Regression results show that … - controlled for demand factors - countries with stronger past economic ties with China import more critical medical goods from …

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China's mask and vaccine diplomacy have been widely discussed, but the … debate relies on a few stylized data points. This article introduces a systematic way to measure China's foreign aid in … almost real-time through official customs records of exported aid goods. Our results show significant shifts in China's aid …