China Used Vaccines, Trade To Get Ukraine To Drop Support For Xinjiang Scrutiny – Analysis

By Yevhen Solonyna and Reid Standish*

(RFE/RL) — Ukraine succumbed to Chinese pressure to remove its name from an international statement about human rights abuses in China’s western Xinjiang region by threatening to limit trade and withhold access to COVID-19 vaccines, Ukrainian officials and lawmakers with knowledge of...