Quotable

"Supervision and criticism are patriotic actions. But, as I have discovered, there are some netizens on weibo magnifying the significance of individual cases and denying the overall progress Chinese society is making."

Chen Mingming, vice-governor of Guizhou, stirring up a heated discussion online on July 29 with a micro blog post that calls for a "healthy public opinion environment" for the good of the nation's development.

(China Daily European Weekly 08/02/2013 page3)