The donation and sale of vaccines are diplomatic tools that have impact well beyond health policies. Having been more … disputes with the West, in particularly the United States (US)? We then scrutinize the drivers of China’s anti … countries receiving vaccines from China. We find that low-income states, in particular, and middle-income ones and those with …

The COVID-19 pandemic is considered the most serious health crisis and the greatest challenge to humankind since the … countries in the sub-region in response to the pandemic with a focus on China and the Republic of Korea. Typically, these …

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 …