China-US Divide Deepens On Covid Vaccines, Azar Taiwan Visit
CanSino to Start Vaccine Trial in Mexico
Executive Summary
China has shown willingness to go tit-for-tat in its bilateral disputes with the US and the latest comments from US officials show an underlying distrust over clinical data and vaccines safety in China, raising fresh concerns just when collaboration is needed to accelerate availability of the first vaccines in the global pandemic.
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