January 2024

  Mahjong is a fun social game full of advantages in enhancing brain power and preventing dementia. It is a game for building relationships and bonding, teaching people not to do things harming others and themselves but to compete fairly and honorably. Mahjong is now internationally popular. While the U.S. and China are in competition, it is beneficial for politicians to understand the Chinese...

  Mahjong is a fun social game full of advantages in enhancing brain power and preventing dementia. It is a game for building relationships and bonding, teaching people not to do things harming others and themselves but to compete fairly and honorably. Mahjong is now internationally popular. While the U.S. and China are in competition, it is beneficial for politicians to understand the Chinese...

As the year 2023 draws to an end, commentators generally twist their noodles to review the past and project the future in all aspects (economy, social issues, life-styles, etc.) but inevitably the national politics and international order come to the top especially because of the coming 2024 presidential election. Professor Joseph S. Nye at Harvard University just published a thought-provoking article,...

As the year 2023 draws to an end, commentators generally twist their noodles to review the past and project the future in all aspects (economy, social issues, life-styles, etc.) but inevitably the national politics and international order come to the top especially because of the coming 2024 presidential election. Professor Joseph S. Nye at Harvard University just published a thought-provoking article,...

​ I first heard of this book through a YouTube piece on an interview of the author by a reporter from the Washington Post. I was impressed by this very articulate young London School of Economics professor opining on the Chinese model of political economy and a host of other economic issues. As most book launches go, the interview centered more on her view on related current events rather than...

​ 2023 was eventful, to say the least from an international relations point of view. There are plenty of highlights for news media to review. But there are many important news that were under-reported which would not top the year-end review lists of the mainstream media. When a columnist writes a year-end review for the organic viewers, one of the struggles is what to include in the organic list....

​ I first heard of this book through a YouTube piece on an interview of the author by a reporter from the Washington Post. I was impressed by this very articulate young London School of Economics professor opining on the Chinese model of political economy and a host of other economic issues. As most book launches go, the interview centered more on her view on related current events rather than...

 Although modern people have an ideal concept of world unity, expecting a fair and harmonious world where the countries are governed by law, everyone is equal, the talented are selected into the government to serve the people. However, looking back at history, the development of human civilization differed greatly from region to region in terms of speed, pattern, and process. Human beings have...