Why contagious diseases keep emerging in China, and why it’s so hard to stop them: a brief history of medical care under CCP rule

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General historical overview After the fall of the Qing Dynasty in the early 1900s, there was an explosion of Western education, as wealthier families sent their children to be educated abroad (mostly in Japan which by then was fairly Westernized, but some went to the US/UK too). The old traditional Chinese medicine practices began to […]

Is it worth learning Chinese?

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People often ask me if it’s worth learning Chinese. Usually, the question is posed by those who have the option of taking it in high school or college and have been told that “it’s the language of the future,” so are considering whether it’ll be advantageous to learn. The short answer, perhaps surprisingly, is probably […]