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Taipei [Taiwan], May 27 (ANI): For the first time on Wednesday (local time), Taiwan directly accused China of blocking a deal with German firm BioNTech for COVID-19 vaccines. “Taiwan was close to sealing the deal with the German plant, but because of China's intervention, we still can't sign the contract,” the island's President Tsai Ing-wen said in a meeting of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. Taipei had previously “smoothly” ordered shots from AstraZeneca in Britain and Moderna in the United States, Ing-wen said. According to South China Morning Post, this is the first time Taiwan has directly accused Beijing of…
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