While Bo's story is about power, it should not obscure the fact that there is an ideological struggle going on inside China.

I was initially assigned the working title, "Pursuing Equality in Health Care for the Elderly Is Futile." I prefer to think of that particular dead end of health policy as one of listening to the wrong music for too long. Hence, this article revises the title song of the movie, Urban Cowboy, to "Looking for better health [rather than either "love" or "love of equality"] in all the wrong places.

The decline of the U.S. dollar has led to a rising call for the creation of an alternative to the dollar in the form of a new world currency.

China's inflation rate has reached a point where it is sparking social unrest. The world's second-largest economy faces some fundamental choices if it is to restore stability.

The fall meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund held hopes of constructive, multilateral dialogue to defuse the currency wars, but did not provide decisive results.

If Chinese exports raise enough concern, their lack of quality might end up crippling the world economy.

Public disenchantment is inevitable when government officeholders make sweeping decisions about matters on which they lack, and only a few specialists have, detailed knowledge.

Olympic visitors might consider steering clear of military-owned hospitals where they could run the risk of being treated with substandard or counterfeit medicines.