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China uses coronavirus vaccine to seduce key US ally

By Joel Gehrke
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China uses coronavirus vaccine to seduce key US ally

China will grant Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s request for access to any coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese researchers, a senior diplomat said in an apparent effort to woo the key U.S. ally.

“The Philippines is a friendly, close neighbor, and we will give priority to its needs once we succeed in developing a vaccine,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Tuesday.

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