An organization of Gaokao ghostwriters, who use another students’ identity, have been exposed to public by undercover reporters recently.
Even though cheats are abhorred by so many examinees and strictly banned by laws, parents are still interested in seeking for ghostwriters, even willing to pay millions to help their children enter the top universities in China.
What is the mindset of these students and parents?
Topic 2: Blood shortage in China
Blood alarm is going off in southern China’s Guangdong Province. With storage of blood in all types bogging down in serious shortage, doctors and patients are struggling to look for blood resources and even seeking help from illegal market.
How serious is the situation? How are Chinese cities coping with the crisis?
Topic 3: Showing respect for the family elderly
A post office in China’s Henan province has adapted a set of pictures featuring multiple ways of showing respect for the family elderly into stamps.
It is a sheet of stamps with pictures of the "Modern 24 Stories of Respect for the Elderly".
The reason of starting with the word “Modern” is because there’s thye famous “Twenty four stories about Filial Piety”, which is an analogue to the ancient ways passed on by Chinese tradition.
Topic 4: 20 Initiatives of Civil Behaviors
The local civilization office of Suqian city in Jiangsu has recently published 20 initiatives of civilized behaviors, listing some uncivilized behaviors with details. The “20 Initiatives of Civil Behaviors” is a result of voting by citizens in the city.
Do these initiatives make sense?
