To the younger generation, the Soviet Union or Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a superpower after America. We used to have another link to Russia or the Soviet Union beyond Covid-19 vaccine, scholarships. Several Kenyan dons who taught me in undergraduate schooled in the Soviet Union, mostly in economics, maths and sciences, including engineering. We could argue that by the end of the Cold War, China was already open to the West’s market system under communism. Perhaps by the end of the Cold War, China was keenly aware of the excesses of the market system.

Source: Standard Digital March 14, 2021 03:56 UTC