“Beijing authorities have not provided any guidance or intervention in the vaccine procurement process,” he said, adding that the vaccine will be delivered directly by the German company BioNTech.
Foxconn and TSMC are the world’s largest contract electronics and chip manufacturers, respectively, and they said they will each invest US$175 million in vaccines.
The authoritarian leadership in Beijing regards democratic and self-governing Taiwan as part of Chinese territory and has vowed to seize the island by force if necessary.
China is trying to keep Taiwan isolated internationally, including preventing it from joining the World Health Organization.
Taipei has been working hard to ensure Pfizer-BioNTech Directly from Germany but headquartered in Shanghai, Fosun Pharma has distribution rights in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Attempts to sign a direct agreement have made little progress, and Taiwan blames Beijing for this.
In return, Beijing accused Taiwan of refusing to deal with Fosun Pharma and politicizing its vaccine search.
