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Re:Pfizer and Biontech provide update on Omicron variant by throwaway2037 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @11:32AM (#29486825)
Searching the CDC in Taiwan, I was unable to find any press releases announcing they bought vaccines from Fosun Pharma. Everything I could find said they only received BioNTech vaccines when they were donated. Please correct me if wrong. I assume "Taiwan region" is simply something to satisfy the PRC gov't (CCP) which believes Taiwan is a part of its country and governed by PRC.

TW CDC PR: https://www.cdc.gov.tw/En/Bulletin/List/7tUXjTBf6paRvrhEl-mr...

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Re:Pfizer and Biontech provide update on Omicron variant by JasonCannon on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:56PM (#29489618)
>I assume "Taiwan region" is simply something to satisfy the PRC gov't (CCP) which believes Taiwan is a part of its country and governed by PRC.

To be fair, Taiwan (Officially the Republic of China) also claims that it is a part of China and is in fact the rightful rulers of China. The Kuomintang withdrew to Taiwan after losing control of mainland China to Mao and the Communists. I'm not super up to date on the latest claims between China and Taiwan, but Taiwan has never recognized officially that they do not rightfully control China.

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Re:Pfizer and Biontech provide update on Omicron variant by cbhl on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @01:45PM (#29488671)
My understanding is that folks locally didn't trust the Fosun-made batches, but Taiwan couldn't purchase vaccines from Pfizer due to Fosun holding the distribution rights

Hence the donations

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Re:Pfizer and Biontech provide update on Omicron variant by throwaway2037 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @12:33PM (#29500334)
I tried to Google about this issue, but I couldn't find anything. Can you suggest a link or a Google search? I would appreciate to read more about this issue.
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Re:Pfizer and Biontech provide update on Omicron variant by ulfw on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @01:55PM (#29488784)
There are no Fosun-made batches.
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Re:Pfizer and Biontech provide update on Omicron variant by sho_hn on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @11:51AM (#29487094)
Just like you I don't take statements like this at face value due to the complexities involved. :-)
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