CCP blackmailed Ukraine: back off on their abuses or no COV vaccines
June 27, 2021
China blackmailed Ukraine into withdrawing its support for a call for scrutiny of human rights in China’s Xinjiang by threatening to withhold Chinese COVID vaccines.
Ukraine has agreed to purchase 1.9 million doses of CoronaVac vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech. As of early May, Ukraine had received 1.2 million doses, according to Health Minister Maxim Stepanov.
In the past, China’s government has been no stranger to pressuring other countries in Geneva diplomatic circles or in national capitals either to line up behind its statements or avoid backing statements that criticize, question or seek scrutiny of human rights in the country.