China offers vaccines to Taiwan to fight Covid-19

ReutersPublished: May 25, 2021 2:30 AM

China on Monday offered to urgently send Covid-19 vaccines to Taiwan to help it battle a sharp rise in coronavirus infections, drawing an angry response from Taipei and a swipe from Washington, which said US vaccines did not have strings attached.

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