“City’s core and non-core functions intersect, and developing city should not pay attention to core functions alone and ignore others.”
Zuo Xuejin, a researcher of Institute of Economics at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, speaking on the role of cities, reported by the Shanghai-based news The Paper.
“Generally people won’t send money to you voluntarily, so you must raise requirements and make more regulations, and then someone will bribe you to circumvent these so that they can get something done. This is ‘rent-seeking’, and that potentially adds the cost for enterprises and reduces efficiency.”
Qian Yingyi, dean of School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, on anti-corruption work, posted in news site www.sike.news.cn.
“Does plastic surgery reflect wider worries among students about the competitiveness of their abilities? In real life, interviews seek all-round ability, and job seekers will neglect their own talents if they just pay attention to their appearance.”
Cheng Zhenwei, commenting on a Hunan-based news portal www.rednet.cn, said the addiction in beauty surgery in college students shows their panic in working abilities and skills.
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