Defective phones

Comments on Liu Shinan's column "Hassle over defective cell phone" (China Daily, August 22)

An excellent mobile phone company should pay more attention to the quality of their products and also accept defects.

Trying to delay the time for repairs does not mean that the company is not able to do it. It is more case of not having the courage to face the facts, which is much worse.

Yang

On China Daily website

I think the problem is not necessarily with Motorola or Philips as a whole but with their Chinese sales divisions.

When I return a phone in the US, they take it back with a "no questions asked" policy usually.

I know my own company is more concerned about keeping costs down in China than in our other geographies so perhaps this pressure for companies to keep costs low in China forces them to adopt these policies.

Consumer

On China Daily website

I really agree with Mr Liu's opinion. I bought a Philips mobile phone in late 2005.

After just one year, the phone could not receive signals. I sent it to a Philips repair shop and was charged about 460 yuan. I could have bought a new one for that price. I'm so angry.

Angry

On China Daily website

English, Chinglish

Comments on Zou Hanru's column "Warding off the English invasion" (China Daily, August 31)

I wish that Mr Zou had included more examples of how English syntax is affecting Chinese.

I am an American-born Chinese currently living in Los Angeles who has been studying Chinese for many years. It is certainly a beautiful language and helps me exercise my mind.

James

On China Daily website

It is language usage that is the problem, not the language itself. American English used to be very plain and straightforward, but now it is bloated with politico-commercial gas.

"Subprime" (literally "less-than-perfect") actually means "lousy", "most-favored nation" meant "not blacklisted", "human rights" means "Western privileges", "democracy" means "rule by the media".

Anyway, what is invading "modern" Chinese is not English, but Chinglish, and Chinglish is still evolving.

Just make sure classical Chinese is not contaminated.

Huaqiao

On China Daily website

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(China Daily 09/04/2007 page11)