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02.12.21
Will China Be a Global Vaccine Leader?
Beijing stands to reap major rewards by becoming the supplier of choice—or necessity—throughout low- and middle-income countries. China has expanded its international aid efforts in recent years and stressed its commitment to “south-south”...
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07.26.18Chinese Internet Users Employ the Blockchain to Share a Censored News Article
Verge
Chinese netizens have turned to blockchain to share a censored news story about faulty vaccines given to small babies. Their efforts to repost an investigative piece about a large vaccine maker were largely thwarted by Internet monitors, but by...
Green Space
05.04.16
Vaccine Scandal Rocks China
China was rocked last month by another public health scandal, after Chinese police announced the discovery of a criminal organization selling millions of improperly stored vaccines in 24 provinces and municipalities. The affected vaccines have a...
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04.14.16China to Punish Hundreds of Officials over Vaccine Scandal
BBC
The Chinese government has promised to punish 357 officials over a scandal involving the illegal sale of vaccines.
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03.25.16China Vaccine Probe Nets 130 Arrests as Public Anger Builds
Time
Some 20,000 doses of tainted inoculations have also been seized by authorities.
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03.23.16China Vaccine Scandal: 37 Arrested
BBC
Authorities had known about it since April last year, but they only made the news public last Friday.
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03.22.16China Vaccine Scandal Prompts Angry Backlash from Parents and Doctors
Time
People are questioning how almost $90 million of illegal vaccines were distributed across two-thirds of the country.
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03.21.16China Says It Found Ring Said to Sell Improperly Stored Vaccines
New York Times
The police had uncovered a criminal ring suspected of selling improperly stored vaccines beginning in 2010.