“If Wang Zhenhua (the high-profile businessman convicted of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl) was in another country, he would have been chemically castrated or put in prison for decades. But in China he was only sentenced to five years. Is that the rule of law you’re talking about?”
Chu Yin, a law professor at the Renmin University of China, commenting on Weibo that China’s Criminal Law is inadequate in protecting children from sexual abuse
“It is a huge challenge [for the government] to balance pandemic control and resuming production. We cannot shut down an entire industry where there are only a few cases.”
Zhang Wenhong, a pathologist and Covid-19 expert in Shanghai, at the 2020 Caixin Summer Summit held on June 22 and 23
“China has seen two outbreaks in only six months, and there’s a strong possibility it will come back again. So we cannot be too optimistic and lower our guard. We have to make epidemic controls the norm.”
Zeng Guang, former chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in an interview with Sina China
“At this stage, my concern is that since the epidemic has required the government to play a role, the government would shift from [business] environment rule-making to direct allocation of resources.”
Qin Shuo, a journalist and commentator, in an interview with news magazine Nanfengchuang that China’s greatest enemy is not the US or the virus but the halting of reforms
“As far as I know, many countries and regions are planning to launch new stimulus policies. I suggest you think it over... This is not our last meal. We should give ourselves leeway for the future.”
Guo Shuqing, director of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, at the 2020 Lujiazui Forum, an annual event focused on economic issues of the day
“Only if we tolerate diverse lifestyles can we have a richer culture and lay a cultural foundation for tolerance in a society ruled by law. This may be what academics meant about social tolerance being a blessing of the rule of law.”
The No.2 Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing in a ruling against online shopping platform Dangdang for firing a transgender employee as a violation of China’s Labor Law
“Debt relief programs can alleviate the difficulties caused and exacerbated by the pandemic, but it should be noted that different issues are behind the global debt overhang, many of which are not related to the pandemic.”
Zhou Xiaochuan, director of the Chinese Finance Association and former president of the People’s Bank of China, calling for more detailed analysis of financial issues during the coronavirus pandemic at the 2020 Caixin Summer Summit held on June 22 and 23.
“The sharp deterioration of Sino-US relations is largely due to the upcoming general election in the US, so we shouldn’t interpret it as a decoupling between the two countries. No matter who wins the election, the US and China will not be on great terms, but it won’t develop into a hostile relationship, let alone decouple.”
Zhang Zhaozhong, retired major general of the PLA Navy, on his Weibo account
“If Twitter defines tweets praising China’s pandemic control efforts as false information that should be removed, how do they deal with the real false information that maliciously sullies and slanders China?”
Hua Chunying, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Twitter’s removal of thousands of accounts that had praised China’s pandemic control efforts on June 12 on claims they were also part of a coordinated disinformation campaign
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