2023年4月19日发(作者：企业调查问卷)Appendix 1:
1. Parents pick up on
social media
Would you add your
parents on WeChat? This
has become one of the
biggest questions facing
young Chine in an age of
*unprecedented digital
interconnectedness. In
a poll conducted by the
Huashang Bao newspaper
in Xi’an, 17 of 40 young
people polled said they
have added their parents
on WeChat, but 14
blocked them from eing
their “friends’ circles” -- a
space where friends can
share pictures and posts
with one another. Of the
20 parents polled, 12 have
added their children on
Some young people are blocking their
WeChat but only could e
parents on social media. QUANJING
his or her child’s *updates.
The other 11 parents had
been blocked by their kids from having access to their friends’
circles despite being able to nd them messages on WeChat.
Some children say they’re not comfortable with their parents combing
through their everyday activities and photos, as their parents either
don’t approve of the things they do for fun, or would constantly worry
over what they consider unsafe or inappropriate behavior. Others say
their friends’ circles are for friends of a similar age with similar
interests, and their parents wouldn’t understand. However, some say
parents’ feelings would be hurt if they discovered their children
restricted their access to this part of their social life.
So, what is your opinion? Should young people share their
everyday activities with their parents through social media
like WeChat?
Yes.
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Young people can be friends with their parents.
1. Social media is an efficient and informal way for children to keep in
touch with their parents. Regular phone calls are still necessary, but
with social media parents can keep current on their children’s daily
activities, and nothing pleas parents more than that.
2. Children often underestimate their parents’ tech *savvy. Not only
are many parents on social media like WeChat, many are also
surprisingly understanding of young people’s thinking and lifestyles.
Before automatically blocking their parents from their friends’ circles,
young people should think twice.
3. Many children have difficult relationships with their parents. Social
media reprents an opportunity to *reboot tho relationships.
By treating each other as friends and equals on social media, families
can overcome any previous sour feelings and work to rebuild their
relationships.
No.
The generation gap can’t be *underestimated.
1. Just as we block colleagues, boss, teachers and others we don’t
know very well on social media, many young people block their
parents becau they don’t share the same views. The generation gap
is a natural phenomenon and there is nothing wrong with that.
2. Many Chine parents are in the habit of worrying about every
little thing their children do, which can hurt relationships. Social
media would only worn this problem, allowing parents to keep
tabs on their kids’ every move.
3. Most young adults desire independence from their parents. Kids
need to make their own choices. Barring their parents on social
media allows kids room to grow and build the lf-confidence
necessary to have a successful life.
2. Students must train mind and body
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A recent *amended regulation issued by the Ministry of Education
has left hundreds of thousands of college graduates this year worried
about their future. Under this new policy, university graduates must
pass all test items in a physical examination by their graduation, or
they will not be issued graduation certificates by their universities.
The last version of the regulation, amended in 2007, required
students to pass a certain number of tests, but some of them such as
pull-ups, sit-ups and 1km or 800m runs, are optional items which
could be replaced by easier tests at a students’ request. This year’s
amendment made all of the tests *mandatory. Many graduates are
worried that they cannot pass the more demanding physical tests and
therefore won’t be able to get proper certificates to get jobs or pursue
further studies.
While supporters of the new policy say that health and physical
strength are a key factor for a young person’s future success, and
point to the worrying decline in the health of many college graduates,
opponents insist it is not necessary to *withhold graduation
certificates from tho who fail to pass their physical exams.
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So, what is your opinion? Should college students be banned
from graduating if they cannot pass mandatory physical
exams?
Yes.
College graduates need to have a healthy and strong body.
1. The purpo of the new policy is not to bar the graduation of college
students, but to encourage them to do more exerci and improve
their health. They will not be adequately prepared for the *rigors of
starting a career or more studies if they are not healthy and physically
strong.
2. Many young people give in to unhealthy lifestyles in college, which
results in bad health. If physical exams also become optional, there is
very little *incentive for students to improve their lifestyle and
health on their own. Only mandatory exams could force them into
action.
3. Physical exams are just like any other exam in college students’
studies. Without passing them all they cannot graduate, it is as simple
as that. Students should just think of a strong and healthy body as
another important goal to achieve.
No.
Physical strength is not the most important thing for a college
graduate.
1. There are many other ways for universities to improve their
students’ health and physical strength, instead of just *slapping
mandatory exams on them and withholding graduating certificates
from tho who can’t pass the exams.
2. College graduates the days are under huge pressure to achieve
high academic scores, apply for further studies or hunt for a
promising job. Artificially tting another *hurdle for them in the
form of physical exams is unfair to the stresd young people.
3. Some students may not be entirely healthy or physically fit by the
time they graduate, but they have learned key knowledge and skills
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which qualify them for careers or further academic training; physical
education shouldn’t become a hurdle.
3. Approved for all?
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Some movie theaters are experimenting with their own ratings systems to
better rve moviegoers. QUANJING
Film ratings have long been a controversial topic in China. Various
industry analysts, artist groups and government authorities have
expresd support over the years for a rating system like the one in
the United States, but so far no development has been made in
terms of government regulations or laws. However, encouraged by
popular demand and *frustrated over the lack of laws or regulations,
some movie theaters have tried to introduce such a system
voluntarily.
The latest such move occurred in Urumqi, Xinjiang. The China Film
International Theater has introduced two ratings for all films shown
there: “general” for films fit for all age groups; “special guidance” for
tho containing violent, bloody and frightening scenes, which are
off-limits to viewers under 13. The theater *enforces the policy by
checking ticket buyers’ identification, checking viewers’ age at theater
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entry, and *random *inspections during movies. Two other movie
theaters in Yili, Xinjiang have also introduced similar rules.
Some experts have said that such voluntary ratings may help
*prompt relevant government agencies into action as movie theater
operators are clost to the public’s needs and their own rating efforts
could eventually gather enough uful experience for the government
to ba its official rules on.
So, what is your opinion? Could voluntary film rating
standards introduced by movie theaters help speed up China’s
movie rating reform and protect young film viewers?
Yes.
Young film viewers need to be protected.
theater operator’s move means that there is an urgent need on
behalf of millions of movie viewers as well as the film industry. The
government should take the initiative and act soon.
theater did this primarily for the good of young viewers who
should be protected from content unfit for their age, even with China’s
tight film content standards.
3. As children become an increasingly important part of the movie
market, their needs and preferences will be key to the future of the
industry. This is sufficient reason for government authorities to take
action and shape the future market.
No.
Film theaters’ own ratings lack authority.
government has long realized how important and helpful it
would be to have a film rating sys宋怡漾
tem. However, there are so many
different and powerful interests behind this that it has been extremely
difficult to introduce standards that could suit all the *stakeholders.
2.A film theater’s own action does not carry any authority and,
without laws regulating how ratings should be given and enforced, it is
very difficult to keep doing so given the tight competition in the
market.
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ting children is only one consideration behind introducing a
film rating system. There are also the needs of different age groups
that need to be met, and without taking this into rious consideration,
a ratings system cannot be successful, official or unofficial.
4. Equal education?
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The 211 and 985 initiatives have some wondering whether other schools will
be left in the
Recent reports over possible changes to two of China’s most
*prestigious State-sponsored programs to give funding support to
top-tier universities have once again raid *controversy over
education equality.
The 211 Project and the 985 Project, started by the central
government in the 1990s, lected about 100 universities and 39
universities respectively from around China for generous funding
and policy support to help them build state-of-the-art laboratories,
start rearch projects and *recruit top talents from around the world.
The Ministry of Education has said both projects have clod their
doors to new entrants, while recently, there were reports that they
may be cancelled altogether. Later, the Education Ministry said they
were rumors.
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The aim of both projects is to help the nation’s top universities
aggressively build up their academic and rearch capabilities, and
become world-class higher education and rearch institutions. In the
last two decades, the universities lected to participate in the
programs have grown quickly and been generally regarded as the
most prestigious universities in the nation. But the programs have
also attracted a fair amount of controversy, with some critics saying
that they led to the concentration of limited resources in the “top”
universities while affecting the gr菠菜绿
owth of thousands of other higher
education organizations, creating more inequality in education.
Others say the large amounts of State funding have not always
achieved the intended targets, but led to waste and *bureaucratic
growth in many universities.
So, what is your opinion? Should the 211 and 985 projects be
abolished?
Yes.
Both have rved their purpos.
1. China already has dozens of world-class universities, and there is
no need 花生地
to continue to give high funding priority to the same
universities. Instead, other less developed institutions should now
become the focus for improvement. Therefore the two *elite
programs are no longer appropriate for today’s situation.
2. In the last two decades “211” and “985” have become
*synonymous with education prestige and quality. However, this
indeed has created more inequality among universities, with tho on
the lists continuing to enjoy the best resources and attract top
students. This is no good for the *sustainable overall development of
Chine higher education.
3. All universities should be on an equal fo在成长的路上
oting when applying for
government funding support. The projects are not good for healthy
competition between universities, and should instead be replaced by
something more open and fair.
No.
Chine colleges still need a lot of government support.
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1. The existence of the projects doesn’t mean the universities enjoy
all the funding the government has to offer, but becau they have
already made big leaps towards becoming world-class universities,
they have better chances of achieving greater things than others with
the same level of support.
2. A handful of Chine universities may already rank high on
global rankings, but most Chine universities still *lag far behind.
The projects can still help direct more resources to the mid-tier
universities who can benefit a lot with government support.
3. Instead of abolishing the program, the government should consider
a more balanced approach and expand the list of universities to
receive support, therefore giving other universities the opportunities
to grow their education and rearch capabilities, and benefit millions
of more students.
5. His love a crime?
When love is unrequited, do desperate times necessarily call for desperate
measures?QUANJING
A student at Shangqiu College in Henan Province became the center
of a media *frenzy after he was *expelled from the college for
“forcibly expressing his love for a female student”. A notice was
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posted online early this month stating that a student from the
college’s School of Electric Information Engineering had been expelled
for “verely disrupting campus order” first by declaring his feelings
for a female student in public, and then for verbally abusing school
officials when they asked his parents to come to the school.
While the details of the student’s *alleged offens were still under
dispute, many commentators have come to his defen, arguing
that the college overreacted to something that is only natural for
young people of this age. Even if the female student rejected the
student’s feelings, there was nothing wrong with what he did, they
say. In contrast, school officials overreacted by accusing the student
in question of inappropriate behavior and then asking his parents to
travel all the way to the college to help deal with the incident.
Others, however, think that the studen网络接收器
t was too immature and had no
control of his own emotions, and that what the school did was justified.
So, what is your opinion? Should the student have been
expelled?
Yes.
The student made some rious mistakes.
1. The student caud rious *distress to the target of his passion. In
a high-stress environment like a college campus, the embarrassment
such an *unsolicited proposal brings to a young female student could
be quite damaging, even if the male student meant well.
2. Even if the male student was just acting out of love, he committed
rious violations of school regulation and potentially broke the law as
well when he lost his *temper and verbally abud teachers when
they brought his parents to campus.
3. Although colleges have no business *interfering in students’ private
lives, school officials do have a responsibility to maintain normal order
on campus, to protect students’ rights, and to provide a peaceful
environment for them.
No.
There is nothing wrong with young people expressing their feelings.
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1. The school made things much wor by *reprimanding the
student for something that should have been resolved between the
students themlves. By asking the male student’s parents to come to
the school, officials triggered a very emotional respon from the
student. The school should *revoke the expulsion decision and
apologize to the student.
2. There is nothing wrong with going public with one’s feelings,
especially for young people at this age. Maybe the male student
should have taken more care so as not to make the girl feel
uncomfortable or hurt her feelings, but this is nothing that justifies
expulsion.
3. Chine college officials still tend to be on the conrvative side
with a lot of regulations involving students’ private lives, even though
their students are young adults and should be able to make decisions
for their own lives.
Depression can be defeated with a good treatment plan and a firm understanding of the
dia. FILE PHOTO
More people die from suicide than from conflict, war and natural
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disasters combined, according to a global report on suicide prevention
relead by the World Health Organization on Sept 4.
The report, the first of its kind, shows that more than 800,000 people
die by suicide every year. The report also states suicide is the cond
leading cau of death among people aged 15 to 29, and that
three-quarters of suicides occur in low and middle-income countries,
with higher numbers in central and eastern Europe and Asia.
While some suicides are *impulsive, caud by *dire financial *straits,
illness and relationship troubles, academic journalism website The
Conversation reports that depression is also a major risk factor in
suicide attempts across the globe.
Depression is highly responsive to treatment when *detected early in
its development. But sadly, there are many *misconceptions
surrounding the illness.
When US actor Robin Williams took his life after suffering a long *bout
with the disorder, many were heartbroken. They couldn’t understand
how someone so talented and beloved could feel unhappy enough to
end his life.
Rebranding sad
Depression is a dia. Dean Burnett, writing for The Guardian, says
depression needs a new name. The word “depresd” can be applied
to people who are in a bad mood as well as tho with a genuinely
*debilitating mental disorder. For this reason, it’s easy for depression
to be dismisd by others as minor. After all, everyone gets depresd
every now and then, right?
But depression is a rious medical condition. It’s an emotional,
physical and *cognitive state that is inten, long-lasting and that
affects a person’s day-t鞭打女奴
o-day life. Someone suffering from depression
needs and derves the same sort of care afforded to tho suffering
from a physical *ailment.
The sickness is usually caud by veral inter-related factors. Stress
is a common trigger for depression. There is evidence that some
peop24核心价值观
le are genetically *predispod to developing the illness. Brains
experiencing depression also demonstrate notable chemical
imbalance.
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Some personality types are also more inclined to be vulnerable to
depression. Tho who have high anxiety levels, are nsitive to
criticism, or are perfectionists, at higher risk of developing the dia.
snap out of, either. Depression is a state oIt’s important to
understand that depression isn’t a sign of weakness or lack of
personal strength. It isn’t just 倚天象棋
a mood you can f mind, and it can be
adequately treated with psychological therapy and *antidepressant
medication.
Do’s and don’ts of the dia
Depression is not something people choo to live with. Here are
some things you should
Depression is not something people choo to live with. Here are
some things you should never say to someone struggling with
depression:
“You’ll feel better tomorrow.”
Tho suffering from depression struggle every single day to find the
light again. Depression isn’t something that goes away overnight. Say
instead: Take it one day at a time, and I’ll be here with you through
them all.
“You just have to deal with it.”
Someone who struggles with depression is dealing with it every single
day as best they can. Saying this *undermines their effort. Say
instead: You don’t have to deal with this alone. I am here for you.
“Life goes on.”
For someone dealing with depression, it can feel as if they are stuck
with no way out. They probably have trouble imagining getting
through the day, let alone the entire week. Say instead: You have so
much to live for, and I will be with you to help you rediscover tho
things.
“Go out, have fun and forget about it.”丰绅殷德
A night out on the town is no cure for depression. Depression isn’t just
a bad day. Say instead: I would love to spend some time with you,
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and I’m more than willing to be your shoulder to lean on. Maybe we
can grab some coffee and catch up?
“You’re strong, you’ll be fine.”
Depression is an illness. It can make anyone feel weak and helpless.
Say instead: I believe in you, and I know you can get through this. I
will be here every step of the way.
Zhu Xiaodan contributed to the story
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