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Although somewhat abstract, traditional Chinese moral principles appear to be finding their way into modern exams. Exam-takers' "virtue" will be taken into consideration in the 2012 nationwide public servants' recruitment exam. Meanwhile, Peking University has said students who do not respect their parents are not suitably qualified for university. What's your opinion about these new regulations? Do you think they are reasonable? China Daily mobile news readers share their views:

In my opinion, it is immature and unreasonable to bring in moral principles as a standard for civil servants or university entrance examinations. First, as an inner quality it is hard to evaluate morality with concrete statistics, which may lead to injustice; second, though such practice would to some extent guide good social values, it would do little to change social customs, since virtues are not cultivated in a day; last, morality cannot be tested merely by one or two exams.

MAXIAOQING, Tianjin