Category Archives: Comment

Comment: Yang Rui’s “Kinsley gaffe”

CCTV Dialogue host Yang Rui called on the Public Security Bureau to clean out China’s “foreign trash” and “arrest foreign thugs” here to “grab our money”. Today’s columnist argues Yang’s comments mean it’s time for him to go. Continue reading

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Mainlanders found violating the one-child policy in Hong Kong should be fined, says Guangdong Family Planning commissioner

Now that the ‘locust’ talk has been toned down, the focus has shifted somewhat onto tenable solutions to Hong Kong’s shortage of maternity ward beds. One proposal, capping the number of pregnant mainland woman allowed to give birth in the SAR, has found strong support from officials here in the PRD. Continue reading

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At 40,000 RMB a week, Spring Festival is looking more like Spring Disaster

People are afraid to go home now for the holidays, writes Southern Metropolis Daily, because of the rising amount of money now needed for dinners, drinks, lucky money packets and filial remittances. Continue reading

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Shenzhen enacts a law to protect Good Samaritans, but will it work?

Shenzhen’s Good Samaritan Law is designed to protect Good Samaritans who offer help to those in need, but it may fall short of solving the root problem. Continue reading

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Comment: Would China trust a laowai in a position of power?

The former long-term CEO of Yahoo! was Jerry Yang (from China), a co-founder of Google is Sergey Brin (from Russia), the President of the United States has ancestors from Kenya, and Muslims, Chinese, Indians and Africans have positions of power across the world. But would China allow it? Continue reading

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