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Lienidus1 t1_j1s23bb wrote

Its about money. They don't want to pay all that vaccine money to western companies.

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Alexander_Granite t1_j1sla4w wrote

It’s about pride, the west doing something that China wasn’t able to.

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deathputt4birdie t1_j1tbylx wrote

Not exactly. China wouldn't approve Pfizer's vaccine unless they agreed to hand over the technology to manufacture mRNA.

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kingstonc t1_j1tleb6 wrote

so, steal others' tech, label it china made, nationalism further ensues, and profit goes to CCP. Really, it's about money and nationalism/face

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