By Zaldy Dandan

The candidate who admitted that she is running because she is uncertain about her government job may have said aloud what many candidates and voters would rather leave unsaid.

America’s rivalry with China is a major concern for the Asia-Pacific region, including the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. China used to be the CNMI’s second largest source of tourists, but the Covid-19 restrictions all but killed the China market.

Surely Samoa, China, the U.S. itself and other nations will make decisions based on their own national interests — not those of other countr