The Fickle China-Russia Alliance

The Fickle China-Russia Alliance

Choosing one’s friends is critical and typically based on mutual interests, common values, and compatibility.  The China-Russia alliance on display in Ukraine fits my criteria for global comrades, aka, friends. China and Russia share a mutual interest in the...
Make China Pay the Tab

Make China Pay the Tab

Americans on the home front are exhausted from a marathon of foreign fallout. As the Taliban cancels this semester’s gender studies curriculum at the American University in Kabul, China eyes prospective control of the Bagram airbase. Instances like these embody a long...
China’s Global Aspirations

China’s Global Aspirations

Since the opening of diplomatic and trade relationships with the People’s Republic of China by President Richard Nixon, the assumption of the West has been a prosperous China is good for international relationships. The erroneous assumption the West makes,...
China’s Healthcare System

China’s Healthcare System

In 2018, China established the Chinese National Healthcare Security Administration, NHSA (医保局) for short. China’s NHSA is a sub-ministry-level government agency directly under what is known as the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. How does...