As this year marks the 50th anniversary of relations between Communist China and Iran, the two nations signed a 25-year deal that China referred to as the “Comprehensive Cooperation Plan.” The deal is estimated to be worth $400 billion in Chinese investments that involve massive exports of Iranian oil.  Foreign ministers Javad Zarif and Wang Yi signed the deal on March 27 in Tehran, further strengthening already close ties between Iran and the communist regime....

An over-reliance on China to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and finished medical products has left the United States vulnerable to trade weaponization as a means of economic punishment, and a possible supply chain bottleneck, in a strategic move to inflict harm on American citizens. The issue of dependence on China to supply APIs and drugs has been recognized by lawmakers for years, but the global pandemic has brought the issue urgently to the...

Taiwan recently revealed that it has initiated mass production of a long-range missile in an attempt to build up military capacity to ward off threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).  The democratic and independent island nation is currently modernizing its military and focusing on developing technologies that can target critical People’s Liberation Army and Navy (PLA and PLAN) assets, such as military bases located deep inside the mainland. Despite its smaller military might, Taiwan...

Hong Kong has registered two additional deaths after its citizens were inoculated with the China-made vaccine Coronovac. So far, nine have died after taking the Chinese vaccines. Manufactured by Sinovac Biotech, Coronavac has one of the lowest efficacy rates at just 50.38 percent as per late-stage clinical data. Both deaths involved people who were classified as chronically ill. One victim was an 80-year-old woman who had taken the shot on March 2 and died on March...

Since March, over 200 Chinese vessels have gathered at Whitsun Reef, a disputed island in the South China Sea, triggering a new round of diplomatic argument.  Chinese diplomats have said the boats were sheltering from rough seas. However, after the weather improved, these so-called "fishing boats" remained in the area.  On March 25, after the Philippines' repeated diplomatic protest went unanswered, the Philippine military ordered the deployment of more warships in the South China Sea on...

The ancient Chinese doctors Dr. Zhu and Dr. Ge recommended each other in the Yuan Dynasty (See Part 1). Similarly, Dr. Li and Dr. Wang gave each other credit in the Song Dynasty. There were two famous doctors in Fuzhou, Jiangxi; one was surnamed Li and the other Wang. Both had extraordinary medical skills and noble medical ethics. A wealthy man in Chongren County, Fuzhou, became ill. He asked a messenger going to...

There were many famous ancient Chinese doctors in the past who had read Confucian classics before practicing medicine. They were indifferent to fame and fortune, did not care about their gains and losses, and took saving people as their lifelong career mission. They wholeheartedly aspired to be good doctors, preferring to fulfill that role rather than to be an excellent prime minister. As a result, it was common to see that fellow doctors acted...