“Anesthetics won't put you to sleep, hypertension won't be reduced, and laxatives won't cause diarrhea.” These shocking words came from Zheng Minhua, a department director at Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, one of China’s most well-known hospitals . When interviewed, he cast doubt on the effectiveness of generic drugs — drugs that are not originally developed but copied original drugs by making slight alterations to the formula. These “copycat drugs” are collectively purchased and

Figure 1 Huke, W. (2008, January 30). File: JuergenHabermas.jpg . WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JuergenHabermas.jpg Jürgen Habermas, a thinker who deeply shaped postwar European intellectual history and consistently defended and advocated for a more rational and civilized public world, has recently passed away. There is sadness in his passing. Even more heartbreaking is that the world he leaves behind seems to be drifting ever further away from th

Corruption is easy to condemn and hard to understand. In recent months, anti-corruption investigations and reforms have appeared in headlines from China to the United States, often framed as matters of financial stability, market confidence, and state credibility. Public discourse usually treats corruption as economically destructive. Indeed, corruption and bribery are condemned as sins, as Proverbs 29:4 declares: “By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who ar