Global China in Global Health Governance: Inherent Conflicts in Governance Norms
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Publication Type:
- Chapter
- Citation:
- Routledge Handbook on Global China, 2024, 1st, pp. 222-243
- Issue Date:
- 2024-10-22
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The impact of a ‘global China’ on global health has been profound, as shown by the fact that two of the three major outbreaks of deadly coronavirus in the 21st century, namely the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) of 2002-03 and COVID-19 since December 2019, are believed to have originated in China. Using China-WHO relations during the COVID-19 pandemic and China’s vaccine diplomacy as case studies, this chapter examines whether China has adhered to international norms and rules in governing global health emergencies. It demonstrates inherent conflict between authoritarian governance and global health governance. China has not complied with, nor been socialized into, the norms undergirding global health governance while the WHO did not do enough to uphold them, especially in the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak, either. The inherent problem of authoritarian governance, particularly non-transparency where information is often treated as ‘state secret’, has not only tarnished the international reputation of a global China, but also undermined the effectiveness of global health governance.
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