Opinion Columns


鈥楪oing small鈥 can tower over skyscrapers

FOR Shanghai鈥檚 urban planners, one of the hardest parts of their work is to be constantly responsive to new realities. Elements that were in vogue just years ago, such as car-first thinking,...

September 22, 2014, Monday


If we relegate death to science, what about one鈥檚 soul?

In Gillian Bennett, I found the dignity of death. When she decided to die on her own last month, unwilling to burden her family and society, death ceased to be dreadful. How courageous she was!...

September 18, 2014, Thursday


Pendulum of frugality drive swings too far, sweeps out mooncake gifts for workers

PEOPLE鈥橲 Daily published an editorial titled 鈥淎nti-corruption blitz should not cut employee benefits鈥 on September 8, the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival.In the editorial,...

September 15, 2014, Monday


At last, a solution to 鈥榗orruption on wheels,鈥 but car auctions must be open to public

FOR years, official cars have been a scourge of corruption.Almost every government agency, public institution or state-owned enterprise is amply supplied with its own fleet of official cars....

September 10, 2014, Wednesday


Epic eruption changed the world

While Shanghai has seen an unusually cool summer this year, some Chinese provinces have experienced unusual heat and drought....

September 5, 2014, Friday


Too much charity work reeks of self-praise, quackery as more anti-graft efforts needed

In the run-up to the new school year that began on Monday, my 11-year-old son had been busy rushing through his homework.Part of this was a requirement to document each day a shanshi (charitable deed)...

September 3, 2014, Wednesday


Mobs at Luxun Park show city鈥檚 woeful lack of open space for public enjoyment

It isn鈥檛 always as easy as a walk in the park. After a year of renovation, Luxun Park reopened to the public last Thursday. But it was pandemonium when the park in northern Shanghai鈥...

September 1, 2014, Monday


Outcry over foreign student scholarships justified, given paltry stipends for locals

EDUCATION authorities in eastern China鈥檚 Jiangsu Province recently stirred an outcry with publication of a plan to lure foreign students....

August 29, 2014, Friday


A little tolerance brings inner peace on subway train

As soon as I elbowed into a packed carriage on the No. 2 subway line during rush hour on Wednesday, I saw several tall Western ladies losing themselves to chanting and dancing,...

August 29, 2014, Friday


Throwing ice bucket is worth the gimmickry

When an acquaintance of mine asked me to join his wife to take the ice bucket challenge for ALS, I wondered what it was and what ALS stood for. He later shared pictures of the event on WeChat....

August 28, 2014, Thursday


 

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