Stage3Opinionsonissues1.Whatisyouropinionoftheonechild-policy?AIagreewithChina'sone-childpolicy.IthinkthatChinaneedstocontrolitspopulationrightnow.HowelsecanwemakeChinastrongandprovideenoughfoodandeducationforallthepeople?Perhapsinthefuturewhenourcountryismoredeveloped,wecanallowpeopletohavemorechildren.Butfornow,thegovernment'spolicyonfamilyplanningisnecessary.BIdisagreewiththeone-childpolicy.Ithinkpeopleshouldbeallowedtohaveasmanychildrenastheywant.Therearealotoffamilieswhoneedmorethanonechildinordertotakecareoftheirfarmlands.Thepeasantsaretheoneswhoaresufferingthemost,becauseinthepast,theyusedtobeabletohavemorethanonechildtohelpwiththework.Inthecity,manyfamiliesonlywanttohaveonechildanyways.Idohopethatthispolicywillchangeverysoon,becauseit'snotafairpolicy.2.Doyouthinksmokingisaproblemthatneedsspecialattention?Doessmokingneedspecialattention?That'saninterestingquestion.Isupposeitdoes.AlotofpeopleinChinaaren'tawareofthehealthconsequencesofsmoking.Theyjustsmokebecauseit'ssociallyacceptabletodoso.Ifmorepeopleknewtheycouldgetcancerfromsmoking,they'dprobablystop,oratleastsmokeless.Iknowthatthetobaccoindustryisbigbusiness,andifwetriedtogetridofsmoking,we'dalsobegettingridofjobs,butattheveryleast,peopleshouldbetoldaboutthepotentialdangersofsmoking.Thatwaytheycanmakeaninformedchoiceaboutwhethertosmokeornot.3.DoyouthinkChina'smembershipintheWTOwillbenefitChina?Well,it'sabigissueandalotofpeoplearethinkingaboutit.I'mquitesureit'llbenefitChinaandotherWTOmembersaswellifChinabecomesamemberoftheWTO.ThecommonChineseconsumerwillbenefitmostfromitbecausepricesofimportedproductswillgodown.Also,thequalityandafter-salesservicesofnationalproductswillbeimproved.IguessthemaindangerwehavetofaceisthenewcompetitiontoournationalindustriesbutIthinkthey'reuptothechallenge.4.WhatdoyouthinkoftheunemploymentprobleminChina?Ithinktheunemploymentproblemisgettingmoreandmoreseriousnow.China'sacountrywithalargepopulationandtherehasalwaysbeenmorelabourthanrequired.Itwasnotabigprobleminthepastunderthe-plannedeconomysystem,butnowenterprisescannotaffordtheburdenofasurpluslabourforceandmanyworkersinstateownedenterprisesarebeinglaidoff.Somethingmustbedoneaboutitbeforemoreseriousproblemsarise.5.WhatdoyouthinkisthemostserioussocialprobleminChina?AThemostserious?Well,I'mnoexperttosayforsure,butI'dprobablysayit'sunemployment.Therearealotofpeoplewhohaverecentlybeenlaidoffwork.Theyhavelittleincomeandmanyhaveafamilytosupport.Ithinktheyshouldbegivenachancetogetanotherjob-maybebygivingthemmoretrainingorsomethinglikethat.Perhapsifthegovernmentweretoprovidere-trainingtopeoplewho'vebeenlaidoff...thatmighthelptheproblem.BThat'sdifficulttosay,but-I'dguessit'soverpopulation,eventhoughwe'vemadealotofprogress.AlthoughChinahasastrictfamily-planningpolicywithonefamilyhavingonlyonechild,thepopulationisalreadyover1.2billionandit'sstillgrowing.Itnotonlycausesashortageoffoodandshelterbutitcausesalotofotherproblemslikeunemploymentandcrime.Wecanbeflexiblewiththispolicy,butIthink,ingeneral,weneedtoenforcethispolicyquitestrictly.6.WhatdoyouthinkabouttheenvironmentalproblemsinChina?.Theenvironmentisgettingmoreandmoreseriousasaproblem.Well,asfarasI'mconcerned,Ithinktheseproblemsaresolvableifweworktogether.IthinkalsothatpeopleshouldbemorevocaltopressforchangeandIthinkthatpeopleshouldtrytosetgoodexamples.Theprocessisbeginningtooccurbuttheprobl...
