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China Economic Weekly |
LABOR SHORTAGE
China Economic Weekly
May 2, 2011
Labor shortages have again hit China, this time affecting a larger area. The eastern provinces where the economy is more developed and the central and western provinces that used to produce a large amount of laborers have begun competing to recruit factory workers.
The reason for the shortage in eastern provinces is that a large number of migrant workers, who make up the majority of the industrial workers, return to their hometown. Experts believe that unequal treatment with citizens, rising housing rent and price, high level of consumption and poor living environment in cities make migrant workers feel disappointed with city life. This results in many of them returning to their hometown.
Unlike their parents, the new generation of migrant workers expect more from their careers and attach more importance to the safeguarding of workers' rights. In view of this, besides improving the salary of migrant workers, both society and the employers should try to fulfill these demands.
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Sanlian Life Weekly |
BACK TO KITCHEN
Sanlian Life Weekly
May 9, 2011
The modern food industry is like a magician. By using additives, it can produce more delicious food with a longer shelf life, at a cheaper price in double quick time.
Food additives now not only appear in processed foods, drinks and seasonings, but also in the food made in restaurants. Besides lack of government supervision and the need for producers to make a quick profit, another reason why food additives are abused is that consumers have higher expectations regarding the appearance, taste, convenience and shelf life of food.
Buying fresh raw foods and cooking at home is one way of eating less food additives.
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Southern Metropolis Weekly |
SELF-HELP
Southern Metropolis Weekly
May 2, 2011
In a hectic modern lifestyle finding inner peace is one way to de-stress. This can be done with the help of practicing yoga or religious activities.
As Chinese improve their material life, events like natural disasters and food scandals have created a feeling of being unsafe. Finding it difficult to deal with these negative emotions more Chinese are following Indian and Western ways of relaxation, meditation and other forms of therapy. This is seen as part of globalization in an ever more connected world.
MORAL VALUES
Hainan Daily
May 13, 2011
Foshan City in south China's Guangdong Province recently began to reward honorary citizens. Candidates only include those compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, overseas Chinese and foreigners who donate more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars ($643,000) to the city, invest more than $3 billion there and make significant contributions to the city's economy. Obviously, the criteria exclude ordinary people.
However, rewarding honorary citizens purely from financial criteria and regardless of their virtues diverge from the award's original intention. Honorary citizens should be judged on moral issues so that they can play a role in promoting social morality.
SUPERVISION STRENGTHENED
People's Daily
May 3, 2011
Food safety scandals appear to be more important to media than to grass-root farms, factories, markets and governmental supervision departments. Especially in rural-urban fringe areas, the governments' supervision capacity is not sufficient to guarantee food safety. In the pursuit of increasing GDP, many local governments sometimes turn a blind eye to irregular food processing, fostering potential food safety hazards. In light of this, local governments' regulatory and supervisory power should be strengthened. | 
