http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210531-124255-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/masks-vaccines-and-investment-promises/ Masks, vaccines, and investment promises - The geopolitics of China’s COVID-19 Health Diplomacy eng 2021-05-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 China Coronavirus COVID 19 diplomacy Global Health vaccination WHO Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 When the WHO declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the spread of the virus was already under control in China. Ever since Beijing has been engaging in widespread health diplomacy. China aims to promote the image of China as a “responsible great power” and of Western states in as powers in decline that are unable to provide solutions for complex international affairs.