Following on from that case of classroom beating, we went out onto the streets of Beijing to ask people here: Is it ever OK for teachers to use physical punishments in the classroom? Here’s what people had to say in today’s Straight from the Street.
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Qianmen Street is one of the most important commercial streets in beijing. It was built in 1550. Government rebuilt the Qianmen street in the year 2008. New Qianmen Street is not open for public traffic, it is a pedestrian street, the only vehicle on this street is railroad car. there are over 800 shops on this street, and 80 of them are hundreds of years old. Jewellery market is also a very marked characteristic of Qianmen street. Beside the traditional jewellery shops, some jewellery firms from hongkong or other area of the world are going to open business here.
Following the news that police in Xinjiang claim to have disrupted a series of planned terrorist attacks in the restive region, we asked people here in Beijing how concerned they are about terrorism. Here's what they had to say in today's Straight from the Street.