The snip below from the article says it better than I could
Chinese police have arrested more than 80 people it said were making counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines, according to state media, as China raced to inoculate millions before the Lunar New Year holiday.
The crime ring had been putting saline water into vials and selling them as COVID-19 vaccines in an operation that according to Xinhua news agency had been running since last September
If this is true, and these people end up as spare (body) parts, then (in my opinion), it could not have happened to better people
My interpretation of what I read, was that it was not the authorities, but (for want of a better word), entrepreneurs who were making and selling fake vaccines, to their own people (Chinese)
If what I read is true, then I would not like to be in their shoes, as I doubt that they would be getting any medals
The Chinese are masters of making fake anything. It doesn't surprise if they are into covid vaccines. The don't respect copy right or intellectual property.
Yes I do remember that, and below is a snip from the article you linked, and the final outcome for some of the people involved
A number of drumhead trials were conducted by the Chinese government resulting in two executions, three sentences of life imprisonment, two 15-year prison sentences,[5] and the firing or forced resignation of seven local government officials and the Director of the Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).[6]
As I said, I do not think that the Counterfeit COVID-19 vaccines sellers will be getting any medals
