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Letters and Blogs
Updated: 2007-07-04 06:55
Blocking phone porn
With the rolling out in major Chinese cities of the 3G mobile services in
the near future, the cell phone will be available with high definition
and fast access to the Internet. This could lead to more erotic images
being transmitted.
People are particularly worried about the effect this could have on
minors.
Even though there is no known software which can control the reception of
undesirable material on a 3G mobile device, via the Internet, it is
possible to control undesirable material via standard Internet protection
tools.
Firewalls, for example, can be configured to block content from specified
IP (Internet Protocol) addresses or sites.
Mobile operators would be responsible for setting up content filtering
devices and firewalls.
Luo Renji
Motorola (China) Electronics Ltd
Beijing
Student support
Comments on "China promised 50b yuan for impoverished students" (On China
Daily website, July 3)
In the field of education, similar to the intense competition of sports,
only the cream will rise to the top.
To have the best brains, we need to have a system that will screen the
entire country to bring out the best brains. This can only be achieved by
having a system that will not exclude any child merely because he does
not have money.
A passerby
On China Daily website
This is surely the way to modernize a nation.
Perhaps the authorities can evaluate the cost of bringing the Institutes
of Higher Learning and Research Centers nearer to the rural poor.
You never know. It may be an environment more conducive to learning minus
city life's negative attractions.
With modern equipment, a smaller number of highly qualified educators and
improved infrastructure plus facilities, poor families can learn just as
much and contribute to the country's growth.
*****
On China Daily website
Tibet railway
Comment on "Qinghai-Tibet Railway gets green tick" (China Daily, July 2)
It is a positive sign that we are beginning to care about the impact of
construction on the environment.
I do hope that such concerns are based on the views of the government,
not on the pressure of public opinion or foreign media.
Kevin
On China Daily Website
Wealth, income gaps
Comment on Hong Liang's column "HK's wealth gap must be narrowed" (China
Daily, June 26)
The author mixed up wealth gap and income gap.
The two are not necessarily the same. Some have high incomes yet low
savings/wealth; some have low incomes yet high savings/wealth.
Passerby
On China Daily website
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