Green GDP

Comment on "OPEC to strengthen China collaboration" (China Daily, November 19)

On one hand, China should encourage industries such as the service and software sectors, which have little oil demand. On the other, China should strengthen cooperation with other countries.

In other words, China should make the GDP green and clean.

Ronnie

on China Daily website

Protect the Earth

Comment on "Death toll tops 2,300 in Bangladesh cyclone" (China Daily website, November 19)

Disasters, in recent years, are happening more frequently.

Perhaps global warming is one of reasons, caused by excessive gas emissions and lack of environmental awareness.

I call on every one to protect the Earth.

Vincent

on China Daily website

Fake photograph

Comment on "South China tiger photos are 'fake'" (China Daily, November 17)

I do not want to know whether the photograph is fake or not.

What are these people's intentions? It seems they want to make money by playing up the matter.

Joy

on China Daily website

Education for kids

Comment on Wang Hao's column "Let us not ignore kids' pressures" (China Daily, November 9)

I feel sad about children who cannot be accepted by schools just because they come from another city. I cannot understand this barrier for children who just want to get an education.

As a junior at university, I feel great pressure myself. I hope I can make use of my limited time to do something really useful instead of reciting tedious theories which will be of no use to me later in life.

What I want to do is enrich myself with the little things that please me and allow me to appreciate this beautiful world.

Isabel

via e-mail

Two observations

Comment on Li Xing's column "Saying goodbye to the shivers" (China Daily, November 8)

During my visits to China one thing I always found difficult to understand was that the air conditioning was always on maximum in hotels and restaurants in summer, making these places feel like a coldstorage.

The other thing I found somewhat sad was that some young Chinese people were changing their first names to English ones because their English teachers could not pronounce their Chinese names.

If these teachers had any respect for the Chinese people and their culture, they would have taken the trouble to learn how to pronounce the Chinese names of their students.

Mohammed Yasin, UK

via e-mail

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(China Daily 11/20/2007 page11)