On right path

Comment on "Former SFDA chief executed in Beijing" ( China Daily web, July 10)

I hope the capital punishment meted out to this high-ranking official will pose a deterrent and serves as a warning to other corrupt officials in China.

Many lives could have been spared if not for his incompetence and he rightly deserves his fate.

It is a good first step and a right move by the central government and shows its determination to clamp down on government bureaucracy and other malpractices.

I hope Chinese brand names will soon rebuild their image and regain confidence and credibility locally and overseas.

Mike

On China Daily Website

Responsible parents

Comments on "Internet 'meetings' linked to pregnancy in Shanghai" (China Daily, July 7 )

If it is true that 46 percent of parents are not acting like parents and expect someone else such as schools to teach their children about sex, then the situation will only get worse in the years to come.

I can only pray that some of these parents will wake up and begin to act responsibly for a change. Burying your head in the sand is not going to work.

Len

On China Daily Website

I agree with the posts. Educate your kids on sex. You can blame TV, movies, websites all you want but they are not going to go away and blocking them from your kids may cut off some bad influences, but it will also block a lot of good information that they need to learn.

Just teach your kids about sex and the consequences of unprotected sex.

CTU

On China Daily website

Drivers' discipline

Comments on Zou Hanru's column "Mainland drivers need to shape up" (China Daily, July 7)

I have driven a car in the Americas and in most European countries, and witnessed traffic as a pedestrian in many other areas, including Hong Kong and the mainland. Hong Kong drivers are indeed extremely careful and disciplined, on a par with the best I have seen. The Chinese mainland counts among the least disciplined.

Overall, however, the happy-go-lucky style of driving is on the rise. In Eastern Europe, for example, people used to drive as the Swiss, but now more as the Italians. This is because ignoring the rules, also called "civic disobedience", is increasingly seen as a sign of "freedom" and personal "emancipation".

In due time, traffic in the whole world will be one big mess, and then perhaps we can finally get rid of this devilish invention.

Huaqiao

On China Daily website

Pedestrians are given too many rights, and are creating some of the problems here.

The current situation is that no matter who is right or wrong, the car driver always has to pay while the pedestrian or cyclist gets away although they were the cause of the accident.

Holger

On China Daily website

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(China Daily 07/11/2007 page11)