Liu Shinan is China Daily's assistant editor-in-chief. He writes commentaries on social and cultural issues.
Five days after the June 15 bridge collapse that led to four vehicles falling into a river causing at least five deaths and leaving two men missing in Foshan, Guangdong Province, a story of selfless heroism emerged.
None of the synonyms for "anger" is strong enough to express the public's fury at the crimes committed by some brick kiln owners in Shanxi Province. As reported by the media last week, they had abducted children, forced them into slave labor, beat them and imprisoned them in the brickyards.
"There have never been students that cannot be taught to be good, but there are teachers who fail in teaching the students." I don't know who coined this paradox but I think that person might be condemned by history.
A recent survey on government officials' "reading habits" found that engagement in work and social functions leaves them little time to read.
A 16-year-old girl killed herself last Friday in Shenyang after being humiliated by the manager of a grocery, where she stole a piece of bread out of hunger.
A photo published by Chinese newspapers and websites has triggered widespread anger at some government officials' obsession with power to the extent of losing even the minimum empathy.
The construction of high-speed expressways has greatly accelerated since 2001.
After I wrote a column last week commenting on the killing of a bank customer by a security guard in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, some readers wondered what happened after the shooting.
A customer was killed in a bank by a security guard when he tried to leave the bank in defiance of the cordon surrounding an armored car waiting at the gate to transport cash.
The State Administration of Taxation failed to announce the final statistics on high earners' reporting their income by yesterday as promised. The announcement was postponed once again.
The authorities decided last Friday to tax prizes from scratch-and-win receipts if the prize exceeds 800 yuan ($100).
Sometimes, cherishing life can be cruel. Denying the right to suicide, for instance.