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<正>OPINION Kindergarten Policy Eleven illegal kindergartens for migrant workers’ children in a village of Beijing’s Fengtai District were shut down on April 10 because of hidden dangers in the old houses,fire risk and sanitation problems.Although it’s a move to protect the children there,the shutdown will throw hundreds of children into the difficult condition of having nowhere to stay before they go to primary school.If relevant departments do not shut     

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<正>OPINION Moral Crisis A two-year-old girl was hit by one van and then another in Foshan, south China’s Guangdong Province. In the next half an hour, 18 people passed by her, with no one bothering to offer help to the poor girl. Then     

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<正>OPINION Per-Capita Income The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences issued a blue paper on industry, the Annual Report on Industrial Competitiveness of China, on December 12. According to World B ank’s 2011 standard, China is already an upper middle-income country. The World Bank puts countries whose per-capita annual income between $3,856 and $11,905 as upper middle-income countries. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s per-capita income for 2010 stood at $4,277.     

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<正>OPINION Liquor Bill Scandal The China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec Group), one of China’s State- owned petroleum giants, ordered the former general manager of the group’s Guangdong     

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<正>OPINION Controversial Hunting Recently,China’s State Forestry Administration approved two foreigners’ applications to hunt in China. Although the approval is not administratively effective and can’t be used as a legal guarantee for hunting,it will be an important reference for State Forestry Administration to decide whether to issue administrative permission.     

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<正>OPINION Salt Panic Groundless As worry over the Fukushima nuclear c risis cools down,China’s supermarket s helves are again being stacked with salt.A nationwide panic buying of salt in mid-M arch caused by Japan’s nuclear leakage     

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<正>OPINION Drainage Works Heavy rainstorms are now sweeping south China,leaving many cities struggling practically in water.Nowadays,it seems rainstorms are certain to bring floods to cities.This may be partly because of urban     

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<正>OPINION Bridge Collapse The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in central China’s Hubei Province was hit by a huge oil tanker on June 6,the most serious accident until now for the 56-year-old bridge.The bridge has been hit before dozens of times.One accident in July 1990 involved     

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OPINION Garlic Price Fixing The price of garlic has leapt a hundred times in a year. Its rocketing price is somewhat related to shrinking production,but this is not the reason for the enormous price hike. Even if production had dropped     

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OPINION Expensive Equipment The Liuzhou Traffic Police Detachment in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region recently demanded automobile owners use new equipment to attach license plates at the price of 27 yuan     

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OPINION Counterproductive Policy Since the beginning of November, a diesel shortage has swept through China. It’s reported more than 2,000 private gas stations     

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OPINION Celebrities Should Know BetterSeveral Central Government agencies, including the State Administration of Radio Film and Television, the Ministry of Health and State Food and Drug Administration, recently issued a ban on entertainment stars and celebrities endorsing drugs in commercials.     

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OPINION Side Effects of Speed The Beijing Municipal Health Bureau issued a public health report in September, showing a marked increase in birth defects. In 1997, the birth defect rate in Beijing was     

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OPINION Small Screen Scam Shopping Recently, the Beijing Consumers' Association issued a survey report, exposing six major flaws in TV shopping. One of the most obvious that emerged was that so-called gold jewelry articles were actually made of cheap metallic knock-offs. TV shopping was introduced to China in 1992. The total busi-ness volume of this form of buying reached 15.6 billion yuan ($2.23 billion) last year.     

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OPINION Rural Modernization Urbanization, in essence, is the expansion of urban areas resulting from the migration of the agricultural population. Yet the process is more complex than that. In some cases, the expansion of big cities sharpens social unrest by widening the gap between the rich and the poor.     

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OPINION Unworthy Inputs Chinese parents nowadays often receive calls and text messages about native speakers teaching English, advising them to train their children in English starting in childhood. The     

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OPINION Don’t Squander College Skills According to the 2009 Blue Book of China’s Economy, which was issued by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 6.11 million college graduates need jobs this year.     

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OPINION Salary Picture Distorted A recent sample survey of wages at more than 1,000 enterprises by Guangzhou based Taihe Consultant Corp. has sparked extensive doubts. At a time when many enterprises are still struggling to recover from the global financial crisis, it seems     

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OPINION The Need to Cry Fudan University in Shanghai has launched an online psychological aid service for students dubbed "the crying bar," where mental health advisors are ready to hear the students confide and take their questions in chat rooms.     

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OPINION Events and EconomicsSome small and medium-sized cities across China have reportedly been trying desperately to host national or international sports competitions. Authorities of these cities believe holding a sports event would raise their image and attract investment. But