China pursues vaccine with ‘military–civil fusion’

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China pursues vaccine with ‘military–civil fusion’

China’s military is playing a crucial part in the country’s search for a vaccine. One of the front-running vaccines, made by CanSino Biologics, is already being provided to soldiers in the People’s Liberation Army, even though safety testing is not complete. Efforts to combine civilian expertise and technologies with the military are part of the country’s ‘military–civil fusion’ campaign, which the coronavirus has helped to accelerate.
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