Topic 1-Pregnant woman on Beijing subway

 

A pregnant woman has caused havoc in the Beijing subway when nobody would give up their seat for her. Incidents of aggression at Beijing’s busy subway line may be nothing new. But is it a proper way to block the subway just to ask for a seat?

 

Topic 2-Parent college campers

 

At the start of a new semester, more universities across China are setting up tented camps for parents who are seeing off their college freshman children. On Chinese social media, netizens discuss if these so-called ‘tents of love’ (爱心帐篷) are indeed a sign of love, or if they epitomize the non-independence of China’s post-1990s generation.

 

Topic 3-Peter Pan Syndrome

 

All children, except one, grow up. That’s the opening in Scottish author James Matthew Barrie’s novel Peter Pan and Wendy. Peter Pan, the character he created, is a boy who can fly but refuses to grow up. The novel is a fairy tale, but there are some people living like a Peter Pan in the real world. We say they have the Peter Pan Syndrome. What is the Peter Pan Syndrome? Is it good or bad?