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On Wednesday, Chinese officials hosted Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and a Taliban political delegation in Tianjin. During the high-profile visit, China’s Foreign Ministry publicly expressed support for the Taliban, saying they would “play an important role in the process of peace, reconciliation and reconstruction in Afghanistan.”

The National Institutes of Health co-owns the Moderna mRNA COVID vaccine patent, endorses the same vaccine.

Beijing insists the procedure is more accurate than other methods.