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Opinion - China/Politics
Zheng Xiaoyu, former head of China’s drug watchdog, has been executed.
Zheng is another corrupt official to receive capital punishment after Cheng Kejie, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Hu Changqing, vice-governor of Jiangxi province, east China, were executed in 2002, and Wang Huizhong, vicegovernor of eastern Anhui province, was executed in 2004.
As the principal leading official in China’s drug watchdog, he was entrusted with a very great mission and responsibilities in protecting people with drug safety; he should have abided by his duty, performed his official obligation cleanly, honestly and scrupulously, and used his power for the wholehearted service of people. However, he abused the authority of his office instead; he made deals between power and money and accepted bribes.
Capital penalty handed to Zheng Xiaoyu has fully proven the will and desire of the people across China, eloquently showed the spirit of the fairness and justice of legal sanction as well as the firm resolve of the Party and the state. For corrupt officials, no matter whoever he is, what a high position he occupies and how deep he has hid himself, probes into the cases he is involved will be carried out resolutely and thoroughly, but no indulgence or soft hand will be granted to him.

(People’s Daily Online - July 12, 2007)

America’s economy is the world’s largest (for now) and is a key driver of the global economy, though its impact is often exaggerated. It has showed amazing resilience in the face of the bursting in 2000 of the biggest stock market bubble in history, of terrorist attacks and of a tripling of oil prices. But after a long economic expansion, America’s economy is enduring quite a bumpy landing. The most important indicator of America’s economic prospects over the next few years is house prices. By borrowing against capital gains on their homes, households have been able to consume more than they earn. Robust consumer spending has boosted GDP growth, but at the cost of a negative personal saving rate, a growing burden of household debt and a huge current-account deficit. Yet as the housing market slows, Americans are still spending.

(Economist.com - Jul/25th/2007)

GDP = Gross Domestic Product

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How much can schools do?

In the fall of $2005$, some $17$ months before Cho Seung-Hui went on his killing spree${}^1$ at Virginia Tech, his behavior was so disturbing that his creative-writing professor had him removed${}^2$ from her class. Later that semester, two female students complained separately about what one called his “annoying” advances, and after an acquaintance warned that Cho might be suicidal, he was detained for several hours, evaluated at a local mental-health facility and released.

When it comes to the complex intersection of campus safety and mental health, the questions of what counts as sufficient warning signs and how universities should respond to them often end up in court. Move too quickly by, say, suspending a depressed student for posing a threat upon himself or others, and schools can - and do${}^3$ – get sued for discriminating against the disabled.

(Julie Rawe. Time Magazine, April 30, 2007.)

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How much can schools do?

In the fall of $2005$, some $17$ months before Cho Seung-Hui went on his killing spree${}^1$ at Virginia Tech, his behavior was so disturbing that his creative-writing professor had him removed${}^2$ from her class. Later that semester, two female students complained separately about what one called his “annoying” advances, and after an acquaintance warned that Cho might be suicidal, he was detained for several hours, evaluated at a local mental-health facility and released.

When it comes to the complex intersection of campus safety and mental health, the questions of what counts as sufficient warning signs and how universities should respond to them often end up in court. Move too quickly by, say, suspending a depressed student for posing a threat upon himself or others, and schools can - and do${}^3$ – get sued for discriminating against the disabled.

(Julie Rawe. Time Magazine, April 30, 2007.)

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How much can schools do?

In the fall of $2005$, some $17$ months before Cho Seung-Hui went on his killing spree${}^1$ at Virginia Tech, his behavior was so disturbing that his creative-writing professor had him removed${}^2$ from her class. Later that semester, two female students complained separately about what one called his “annoying” advances, and after an acquaintance warned that Cho might be suicidal, he was detained for several hours, evaluated at a local mental-health facility and released.

When it comes to the complex intersection of campus safety and mental health, the questions of what counts as sufficient warning signs and how universities should respond to them often end up in court. Move too quickly by, say, suspending a depressed student for posing a threat upon himself or others, and schools can - and do${}^3$ – get sued for discriminating against the disabled.

(Julie Rawe. Time Magazine, April 30, 2007.)