“We should not express excessive concern that classic
or serious literature is not popular, since no one knows
what will be considered classic in 100 years’ time.”
zhang Dachun, a writer, on why concern over popular fiction
is unnecessary, in Southern Metropolis Daily.“Hospice care in China is always marginalised – or even
worse, not treated as a serious field for study.”
Southern Metropolis Daily comments on the need to take
hospice care seriously.Illustration by Wu Shangwen“Future pension institutions will provide medical
services and nursing beds to improve service. But
only a few have the abilities to make the transition.
As a service and management system needs to be
established, only big capital can do this.”
zhao Heng, founder of medical strategic consulting firm
Latitude Health, arguing that pensions firms will end up as
healthcare providers on Caixin.com.“The follow-up fiscal and monetary stimulus is limited, and the
manufacturing industry hasn’t completely recovered, so we
cannot sustain high expectations in the new economic cycle. We
have to keep a clear mind about the risks.”
zhong zhengsheng, chief economist at Moneta Company, on
news of higher-than-expected GDP figures, on news portal
Caixin.com.“The argument about whether online retailers pay taxes is a false
argument. The current tax laws do not specifically list any tax-free
incentives for e-traders. The online element of a transaction just
changes its mode, and it still needs to adhere to the same tax laws
as traditional offline transactions do.”
zhang Bin, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of social
sciences, arguing that there are no special rules for e-traders to
evade taxes, reported by the news portal People’s Daily Online.“Lacking a culture of trust has meant we [Chinese] generally do
not trust others. That means it is hard to use qualitative analysis
because any non-quantitative judgement is largely based on
subjectivity, and malpractice or unfairness is inevitable.”
Chen zhiwen, managing editor of China’s largest education
site, http://www.eol.cn, commenting on the reasons why Chinese
prefer to evaluate people via quantitative means, reported
on news portal Caixin.com.“The middle class in developed countries is large, and decision-
makers fully take into account the impact on the middle class
when they formulate policies. Although our country proposed the
notion of increasing the proportion of the middle class during the
13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), no special policies have
been implemented to cater to this group’s interests.”
Shi Dalong, a researcher at the suning Financial Research
Institute, arguing that all those who see themselves as
middle class may in fact not be
among this group on Caixin.com.“Supply-side reform does not need macroeconomic
and industry policies, but institutional reform
should be implemented as soon as possible. The
government should adjust the protection of property
rights, create a fair competitive market, and loosen
regulatory management as well as relaxing pressure
on enterprises.”
Xu Xiaonian, professor of economics and finance at the China
Europe International Business school, argues that supply-side
reform should strengthen the protection of private property
rights first, as reported on news site Caixin.com.“Does plastic surgery reflect wider worries
among students about the competitiveness of
their abilities? In real life, job interviews seek all-
round ability, and job seekers will neglect their
own talents if they only pay attention to their
appearance.”
Cheng zhenwei, commenting on Hunan-based news portal
rednet.cn, says the addiction to cosmetic surgery among
university students shows the tightness of the job market