No let off for fame or fortune

JAMES HARDEN, a basketball player for the Houston Rockets, who is in China on a promotional tour for a sportswear brand, was photographed being punished by the local traffic police in Shanghai because he rode an electric bicycle in an illegal way. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Details of the incident have not been officially released yet. However, according to some photos and reports posted online, Harden and his friends rode electric bicycles where it was forbidden to ride, and he had a woman sitting behind him. According to the law, it is illegal for anyone aged above 14 to be a pillion passenger.

That incident shows that everybody is equal when it comes to the law. No one, whatever his/her influence or social status, has any privilege.