With so little known about the Chinese vaccines, the strategy of ‘vaccine diplomacy’ could come back to haunt Beijing.
Everything about Indonesia’s first Covid-19 inoculation was choreographed for the cameras. Sitting in front of flowers and a red sign that read “Vaccine: Safe and Halal,” Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s president, slowly rolled up his white shirt sleeve as the medical professional next to him held up a small box to the assembled audience. The box, which contained the president’s vaccine dose, was embossed with a single, Chinese brand: Sinovac.
It was January, and with Indonesia’s C
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