Vulgar Web words taint cultural taste

"Protect our language!" That was the call of Zhang Huaiqiong, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Shanghai Municipal Committee. Zhang said some of the new words that had emerged online were rather vulgar and might pollute the Chinese language. Comments:

Thanks to the Internet, we are developing more diversified expressions, which gives our language more vitality. However, that should not be done at the price of good taste. Citizens need to follow proper moral standards, and stand together against vulgarity.

People's Daily, Jan 23