Chen Weihua is the Chief Washington Correspondent of China Daily and Deputy Editor of China Daily USA. He has a particular focus on US politics and US-China relations.
The Shanghainese seem to think people in northern China live in winter like the girl in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Little Match Girl, where the main character is shown shivering in the cold.
The fact that sex sells is nothing new. But, when a sexually explicit video of a young woman in Shanghai helps her rise to fame, it becomes an issue deserving of the nation's examination.
It would be sensational to say I witnessed a rape scene last weekend while waiting for a health checkup at a Beijing hospital. But what flashed before my eyes was truly horrifying.
Shanghai, which is waging an uphill battle against uncivilized behavior on its public transport system in the days leading up to the 2010 World Expo, should send its residents on a pilgrimage to post-Olympic Beijing.
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