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Because China already has a "national" vaccine, and they see no chance getting through Chinese bureaucracy for such a politicised deal?


"yes you can sell here, we only need to know the ingredients and know-how of this vaccine to approve its safety"


The requirement of forming joint ventures has been dropped since 2014. The 'forced tech transfer' rhetoric has been out of date since the first day of the trade war.


This page says any manufacturing except electric automobiles and airplanes is subject to 50% requirement as of 2018:

https://www.mondaq.com/china/export-controls-trade-investmen...


Isn’t it like that in the rest of the world?


Not really, China is notorious for IP infringements.


Imagine the world helping to develop a vaccine to help all of society being open source and made up capitalist fantasy free.


Don't worry they already have it in hand and analyzing it I would be willing to bet.




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