簡介：透過分析新加坡、柬埔寨和緬甸三個案例，本研究論文探討了東南亞國家在COVID-19大流行期間形成的健康安全夥伴關係，著重關注它們對中國和印度的疫苗外交的回應。
研究論文標題
The Crisis of COVID-19 and the Political Economy of China’s Vaccine Diplomacy
COVID-19危機與中國疫苗外交的政治經濟學
作者
Ian Tsung-yen Chen（陳宗巖）
關鍵字
COVID-19, China, vaccine diplomacy, Europe, Latin America
新冠（武漢）肺炎、中國、疫苗外交、歐洲、拉丁美洲
文章語言
英文
出版刊物
Foreign Policy Analysis (SSCI)
卷期
第18卷，第3期，21頁
文章連結（DOI）
https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orac014
引用
Chen, Ian Tsung-yen. 2022. “The Crisis of COVID-19 and the Political Economy of China’s Vaccine Diplomacy.” Foreign Policy Analysis 18(3), DOI: 10.1093/fpa/orac014.
英文摘要
As the global shortage of Western vaccines persisted during the COVID-19 crisis, many severely affected countries become more susceptible to China’s vaccine diplomacy, which involves trading vaccines for political concessions. The main focus of this article is to identify the factors that make China’s vaccine diplomacy more effective. Using a mixed method, this study finds that political factors matter more than the severity of the health crisis. Countries are more likely to welcome China’s vaccines if they enjoy higher geopolitical affinity with China, receive more Belt and Road Initiative investments, have no diplomatic ties with Taiwan, and are more authoritarian. No strong evidence can be found that the factor of crisis level is significant. This study also finds that China’s donations of vaccines are less politically discriminatory than its sales. They can be used to bring countries closer into China’s political orbit during the crisis.
中文摘要
在COVID-19全球大流行危機期間，由於先進國家疫苗短缺問題持續存在，許多嚴重受影響的國家變得更容易受到中國疫苗外交的影響，疫苗成為外交策略中的重要戰略談判資產，要求他國以政治讓步換取疫苗。本研究主要目標為識別出使中國的疫苗外交更加有效的因素。使用質量並重的混合研究方法，研究發現政治因素比健康危機的嚴重程度更重要。若國家與中國有較高的地緣政治利益相似度、接收到更多的一帶一路倡議的投資、與台灣沒有正式外交關係、或者是更加威權的政體，則這些國家更有可能歡迎中國的疫苗，甚至不惜做出政治讓步。本研究也發現各國疫情危機的程度並非顯著的因素。本研究還發現，中國贈送的疫苗在政治上的歧視性要低於其銷售疫苗。在危機期間，它們可以用來拉攏國家更加靠近中國的勢力範圍。