TAIPEI — Germany’s top diplomat in Taipei said his government has been helping in talks between Taiwan and drugmaker BioNTech SE to supply COVID-19 vaccines, after Taiwan said a deal fell apart earlier this year due to Chinese “intervention”.
China denied that accusation. But a war of words escalated after the Chinese-claimed island of Taiwan rejected Beijing’s offer to supply it with shots made by Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd, which holds a contract to sell them in Greater China.
In a Facebook post in Chinese on Wednesday, Thomas Prinz, Germany’s de facto ambassador to Taiwan, said they had “noticed the recent controversy regarding vaccine acquisition.”
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