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The Crisis of COVID-19 and the Political Economy of China's Vaccine Diplomacy

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在COVID-19危機期間，西方疫苗短缺持續存在，許多受疫情重創的國家因此更容易受到中國疫苗外交影響；此種外交形式涉及以疫苗換取政治讓步。本文主要關注哪些因素使中國疫苗外交更有效。透過混合方法，本文發現政治因素比公共衛生危機的嚴重程度更為重要。若一國與中國具有較高的地緣政治親近性、接受較多一帶一路投資、未與台灣建立外交關係且政體較威權，則更可能歡迎中國疫苗。本文未發現危機嚴重程度具有顯著影響的強烈證據。研究也發現，中國的疫苗捐贈相較於疫苗銷售較少具有政治歧視性，並可在危機期間用來拉近各國與中國政治軌道的距離。

Abstract

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.

引用格式

Chen, I. T.-y. (2022). The Crisis of COVID-19 and the Political Economy of China's Vaccine Diplomacy. Foreign Policy Analysis, 18(3), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orac014
Chen, Ian Tsung-yen. "The Crisis of COVID-19 and the Political Economy of China's Vaccine Diplomacy." Foreign Policy Analysis, vol. 18, no. 3, 2022, pp. 1-21, doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orac014.
Chen, Ian Tsung-yen. "The Crisis of COVID-19 and the Political Economy of China's Vaccine Diplomacy." Foreign Policy Analysis 18, no. 3 (2022): 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orac014
Chen, Ian Tsung-yen 2022, 'The Crisis of COVID-19 and the Political Economy of China's Vaccine Diplomacy', Foreign Policy Analysis, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 1-21, https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orac014.
Chen, Ian Tsung-yen. The Crisis of COVID-19 and the Political Economy of China's Vaccine Diplomacy. Foreign Policy Analysis. 2022;18(3):1-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orac014
@article{Chen2022TheCrisisofCOVID19,
  author = {Chen, Ian Tsung-yen},
  title = {The Crisis of COVID-19 and the Political Economy of China's Vaccine Diplomacy},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Foreign Policy Analysis},
  volume = {18},
  number = {3},
  pages = {1-21},
  doi = {10.1093/fpa/orac014},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orac014}
}