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Updated: 2009-09-21 07:55 Boundary of public power "Reward for catching thieves. One for 1,000 Yuan", proclaim the posters peppering the streets and lanes in the Gulou district, Fuzhou, Fujian province. The police of Gulou district launched the publicity campaign to encourage people to turn in crime suspects. Fuzhou is not the first place in China where the police launched the "reward for catching thieves". The measure is deeply flawed. To my point of view, it shows the laziness of power of law enforcement authorities, and obscures the boundary between public power and private realm. Laziness of power means the inaction or the reckless actions of the authorities. By seeking to use rewards to lure common citizens to catch crime suspects, the police only consider its own convenience and shirk its due responsibilities. It is vital to define the boundaries of public power. If we do not define it properly and clearly, vigilantism would run rife. Qi Huang http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger Not many choices for women Comment on "Why women choose to stay out of wedlock", Page 9, Sept 18 It seems to me women are not choosing to stay out of wedlock but are forced to accept circumstances dictated by social norms in Chinese society that have their roots in a more patriarchal past. Your article mentions that you and your friend all agree that "Good Men" are hard to come by, but I think making such a statement has very little meaning unless the term "good" is properly defined. If it is a euphemism for financial wealth and high education especially when compared against oneself, then there are two follies present. The first is not that women are choosing not to marry but that they choose not to marry where a man cannot surpass a woman's own accomplishment whether measured in education or income. Second is the fact that this continues to perpetuate the patriarchal relations that is bemoaned. If such is the case, women need to re-evaluate whether they are willing to marry down and men need to rethink whether they are willing to marry up. fyh2004 China Daily website Readers' comments are welcome. Please send mail to Letters to the Editor, China Daily, 15 Huixin Dongjie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029 China. Send faxes to (86-10) 6491-8377. Send e-mail to opinion@chinadaily.com.cn or letters@chinadaily.com.cn or to the individual columnists. China Daily reserves the right to edit all letters. Thank you. (China Daily 09/21/2009 page7) |
