Sinovac’s decision to set up a vaccine plant in Chile is the latest example of growing trade between China and Chile.
![Meng Weining, vice president of Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac (left) and Chile's Health Minister Enrique Paris (right) celebrated the announcement last month that Sinovac would invest in building a COVID-19 vaccine production plant in Chile as well as an investigation centre for respiratory viruses [File: Esteban Felix/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21216660547164.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Sinovac’s decision to set up a vaccine plant in Chile is the latest example of growing trade between China and Chile.
![Meng Weining, vice president of Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac (left) and Chile's Health Minister Enrique Paris (right) celebrated the announcement last month that Sinovac would invest in building a COVID-19 vaccine production plant in Chile as well as an investigation centre for respiratory viruses [File: Esteban Felix/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21216660547164.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Chile’s decision to let people draw funds from their pensions to weather the pandemic could make them vulnerable later.
![Chileans line up outside a pension administration office to apply for an early withdrawal of a percentage of their pensions to help them ride out the coronavirus recession in downtown Santiago, Chile, on May 3 [File: Esteban Felix/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AP21123540308567.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
New constitutional assembly in deeply polarised nation must learn to work together and build trust, experts say.
![A demonstrator holds a sign reading 'Dignity for Chilean people' during a march towards the Chilean National Congress where the Constituent Assembly will be inaugurated in Santiago, on July 4 [Martin Bernetti/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/000_9DW8HQ.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Facing widespread criticism, Sebastian Pinera’s low popularity could affect upcoming presidential vote, analysts say.
![Chile's President Sebastian Pinera delivered his annual State of the Nation address on Tuesday from Congress in Valparaíso [Chile Presidency/Handout via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-01_CHILE-POLITICS-PINERA.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Voter turnout has been low, but Chileans say they hope to participate in ‘shaping future’ of the country.
![According to the Electoral Service Board, 20 percent of Chile’s 14 million eligible voters cast ballots on Saturday, the first of two days of voting [Odette Magnet/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Photo-3-Gente-con-alcohol-gel.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Chileans will choose members who will draw up a new constitution as well as state and local officials.
![Indigenous Mapuche candidate Juana Millal plays a kultrun drum while campaigning in Santiago, Chile. Chileans will vote on May 15 and 16 to elect members who will draft a new constitution [Esteban Felix/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_21133845178969.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)