Author: Rasmus Bech Hansen

In a world plagued by the Covid-19 pandemic, the global response varied greatly between Western nations and China. The difference in handling the crisis can be attributed, in part, to the control over the vaccine supply chain. China’s ability to quickly produce and distribute vaccines gave them an advantage in the early stages of the pandemic, allowing them to provide vaccines to regions where the West had limited access. While China’s approach may have shown results in terms of minimizing excess deaths and fast vaccine development, their stringent lockdown measures are not a model many would advocate for. The debate…