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(China Daily)
Updated: 2011-05-04 08:01

Topic: Future leader?

Wuhan schoolboy Huang Yibo, 12, has become an overnight sensation for his blog, in which he talks about watching prime time news on China Central Television since he was 2 years old and reading People's Daily since age 7.

If I had a child, I would rather let him watch Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf instead of political news. I really doubt his parents say the boy formed the habit by himself. It's unbelievable that what a teenager cares about most is "how to help people live a better life".

"GUOFU" ON SOHU; FOLLOWERS: 192

Children should live like children. Huang's parents may be the ones to blame. They trained the son to chase a reputation and it may ruin his entire life.

"LISANLANG" ON QQ; FOLLOWERS: 23

He is still a child. The overheating lash out and sarcasm online may injure his childhood and lead him to a worse growing-up way. Why can't the adults be more tolerant, which may help him know the society in a better way?

"XIAONANGOU" ON 163; FOLLOWERS: 4

Is it driven by his personal interest or something has gone wrong with the education system? This red-hot child, should he really be called a genius?

"Foxriver99" on Sina; Followers: 91

Topic: 'Better over the border'

Mengniu Group, one of China's top milk brands, has been under fire since media reported one of its top executives said its milk sold in Hong Kong is of better-quality and safer than that sold on the Chinese mainland. Mengniu denied.

Mengniu has been active on the business stage after a 2008 scandal that involved milk tainted with melamine and proof in 2009 that they use OMP (an unapproved addictive suspected of causing cancer). Niu Gensheng, the founder, was even invited to give speeches at top colleges about his "successful" career. Society seems to convince young people that if you insist on being a bad guy, you'll win in the end.

"LUOYONGHAOKEAIDUO" ON 163; FOLLOWERS: 356,332

To be safe, it seems every resident in cities needs to grow their own vegetables and raise animals. I've got used to reading news about food poisoning. It's terrible that people can't believe others.

"XIAOXIAOSHANG" ON 163; FOLLOWERS: 7

Some famous international enterprises are accused of applying different safety standards in developed and developing countries. Now Chinese enterprises apply different standards on the mainland and Hong Kong. It's sheer discrimination.

"ZHANGLING" ON QQ; FOLLOWERS: 70

Topic: Offender pushed off roof

On April 25 a man "seeking justice" began throwing bricks at cars from the second floor of a building in Guangzhou. When efforts to persuade him to stop failed, a security guard pushed him off the ledge onto an inflatable safety pad below.

Had the security guard used a little more force, he could've pushed the brick-throwing man past the inflatable cushion. Couldn't they find a better way to deal with this issue? Why did the security guard have to push the man off the roof instead of taking control?

"HEILONG" ON YOUKU; FOLLOWERS: 8

Why is the security guard pushing the person under the instruction of the police? Can it be understood that if that person died it would be the security guard's responsibility, yet if that person doesn't die then it is because of the police's successful instruction?

"SHENZHENREN" ON YOUKU; FOLLOWERS: 76

I think the security guard did the right thing. Many more people's assets would have been damaged if the man went on throwing bricks.

"T90III" ON SINA; FOLLOWERS: 2

(China Daily 05/04/2011 page)