Editorial based on an policy issue paper. Need some one know how to write editorial!!!!Write an editorial based on your previous policy paper:1) Argue to support your particular policy solution2) Include research in the proper manner3) Use the format and style of an editorial and use the four forms of the rhetoric4) From Pathos to Ethos to Logos.5) one and a half pages, single space6) Do not just translate the policy paper!!!!! need new connection and logical7) Each paragraph should be have connection and be flow.8) Must have some source of data, and point out where it comes from.9) MUST BE CLEAR FOR READER TO READ!!!!!10) Need a clear state of the issue, and a clear and doable solution.Emotional connection with the reader in the first part, create feeling and image to let reader concern with this policy issue. Must have credibility source, point where is comes from, but no need to cite. In the policy paper, it did not give an good solution, and did not point out “which policy” should be changed, which means in the editorial you need to point out a specific policy issue (a law or something), and give some particular solutions for people could do.The First file is the policy issue paper that you need to based on. The second and the third one is the picture of the student who took this class and wrote, may not be good but this paper should be look like this.before you write, you could simply tell me what are you gonna write in each part, like an outline. We can discuss first, that will make sure you won’t need to change the big part in the future.the policy issue should be an law or something specific. The policy issue in the first file was not been point out clearly. You need find a specific law in China about the domestic violence that need to be changed
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Fuhong Han
Writing 105PD
Professor Robert Samuels
1/22/2020
Essay #1
Chinese Domestic Violence
Introduction
The Chinese always believed that the family ugliness should not be publicised and it is
difficult for officials to break housework. Due to these attitudes, most people in society have
always been that domestic violence is a domestic matter; that is, other people have no right to
interfere. Related surveys show that in China, there are 270 million families, and up to 30%
of them have experienced domestic violence. For each year, 90,000 women commit suicide
due to domestic violence. Every 7.4 seconds in China, a woman is subjected to domestic
violence(Parish et al., 2004, 174). Also, domestic violence has long been a widespread
problem throughout the world. The reason why domestic violence is of concern to us is that it
not only affects families and individuals but also threatens social stability. Opposing
domestic violence should be the common responsibility of the entire society and the
responsibility of a country (Cao et al., 2014, 683). Fortunately, in recent years, domestic
violence has become one of the focuses of Chinese society. The mass media’s report on
domestic violence has changed from secretive to bold disclosure, hoping to deter the
perpetrators. However, this is not the answer to a fundamental solution to domestic violence.
Nonetheless, as China currently does not have a comprehensive legal system to intervene in
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domestic violence legally, most of the perpetrators are fearless, while the victims have no
place to ask for help. The declarative provisions of the law have only an empty slogan and
lack the effective protection of the legitimate rights and interests of victims (Wu, Guo & Qu,
2000, 117). Besides, minimizing the harm and cost of domestic violence, and enacting antidomestic violence laws is imminent. Next, I will prove the importance and feasibility of the
violence problem in China from three aspects.
Literature Review
On November 15, 2018, Yuya, a well-known Chinese beauty blogger, bravely posted
a video on Weibo with only a few words in the text: “I have been violent”(Yuya, 2019). In
the video, Yuya tells after five domestic violence incidents; she chose to use video to deliver
it to the public. Furthermore, Yuya was dragged out of the elevator by her perpetrators, the
video camera recorded the domestic violence so that she could get the “evidence” required by
the police; this allowed Yuya to have enough evidence to speak out. In that video, we get the
informations that the perpetrator had three wives, and each had suffered the same domestic
violence. This incident caused an uproar and pushed the issue of domestic violence back into
the sight of the Chinese public.
As a result, the Yuya incident, it can be seen that the first four domestic violence
cases could not be obtained, because even if the perpetrators had suffered internal bleeding,
Chinese law would only judge it as “minor injuries” and characterize the incident as
“domestic” violence. “Family” means that the law does not protect victims, but rather tends to
protect “family integrity.” Except for Yuya, The perpetrator’s first three wives did not report
to the police after being subjected to domestic violence but chose to forgive and divorce. This
is because they do not have as many fans as Yuya can bring this matter to the attention of
society. The perpetrator’s first three wives, like most women in China, were just ordinary
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housewives; they knew that in China, the police would not punish the perpetrators or isolate
them. Moreover, if the police report, it will even cause the anger of the perpetrators, making
the perpetrators worsen, causing physical harm to them, and even to their families.
The famous Chinese journalist Chai said in “Kan Jian”, “The way to solve this in the
village is to tie her husband to a tree and beat him, but go home Later, he would intensify
revenge, and others would not dare to intervene again. However, the women’s federation was
off at five o’clock, and she could only take the child to hide in the toilet near the house for a
night”(Chai, 2012, p.378). There is no strict law regulating the behavior of the perpetrators,
or there is not enough enforcement power in the countryside or even the city, resulting in no
substantial effect even if the perpetrators are criticized on a moral level. Therefore, such thin
legal constraints cannot allow Chinese women to endure under the coercion of their fists and
knives.
The United States has shown many successful aspects of ending domestic violence
against women, which should be embraced by China. According to statistics, domestic
violence of women and girls has reduced over the past few years due to heightened laws.
10% of women have reported domestic violence compared to 24% in 1985. Less serious
physical abuse, such as having been slapped or pulled on the hair, is reported to have
happened at least once in the last 12 months for 5% of both women and men (Han, 2007, 23).
Furthermore, the most plausible explanation for this is quite simply that physical strength is a
big factor in serious violence (but not in mild violence), women are thus equally likely to be
saved from domestic violence with their partners. Meanwhile, it is also possible that there is
higher under-reporting among the women in most States since violence against women has
been made a significant taboo. Overall only 15% of the serious violence was perpetrated by
women in the past few years. This suggests that women are less likely to encounter domestic
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violence in the United States (Hou et al., 92). China should as much try to embrace the
United States steps in ending gender violence.
Unlike the United States, domestic violence in China is quite prevalent. The
Domestic Violence Law enacted on March 2016 stated, “People’s government institutions at
the county level or above with responsibility for efforts on women and children, are
responsible for organizing, coordinating, guiding, supervising and driving relevant
departments’ efforts to counter domestic violence” (Cao et al., 2014, 692). Nevertheless, this
law has been unproductive even after a series of amendments. Domestic abuse has remained
ordinary in China, and it has been ignored for a painfully long time. Just as Kim Lee said that
it is a great victory to see Chinese women finally speaking out on the subject. There is no
doubt about the severity of domestic abuse in China, but people also strongly suspect the
veracity of the statistics. It may be true that half of the country’s women ever suffered from
domestic abuse, but few suffered from it constantly. According to statistics, only one-third of
Chinese woman has been abused physically; nevertheless, 57% suffered mental abuse (Huo
et al., 2011, 85). This shows the Domestic Violence Law has been failing. Despite China
taking some significant steps to preserve women’s rights and successfully making great
progress since the Reform and Open, there still exist many problems. Domestic violence has
become more prevalent, with a lot of women suffer since their husbands can be brutal
sometimes, making physical injury to them. In many areas, this is actually a fairly recent
thing. The main reason is that the laws in China are quite different with regard to due process
and interference in any type of violent situation or even non-violent ones, like helping an
injured man can result in unwanted accusations and/or misunderstandings. In the U.S., this
would simply result in a frivolous lawsuit here and there and would get thrown out of court
99.999% of the time. In China, there are no trials (Wu, Guo & Qu, 2005, 118). Leaders just
sit you two in a room and have you settled. The outcome depends almost wholly on how
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much influence one side has with the authorities as well as their negotiating skills and very
little to do with fact-checking, evidence, jury/judge, and legal precedence. So even if
individuals were just trying to help, there is a potential that they can still end up paying up the
ear to stay out of jail.
Solution
Chinese laws on domestic violence need to be proved through a formulation of an
effective policy. The suggested policy is the Domestic Violence Policy. This policy contains
several recommendations with the amendment of Chinese laws on domestic violence being
the main one. Furthermore, this policy will start by figuring out what the underlying reasons
for people committing violence. Chinese people do not commit violence completely out of
the void, often have psychological problems of some kind, or had a specific kind of
upbringing (Wu, Guo & Qu, 2005, 120). Moreover, this can be a sense of entitlement, lack of
empathy, or simply anger management issues (or a wide variety of other stuff). Another thing
that Domestic violence policy will focus on making more strict laws against domestic
violence in China. At least in domestic violence cases, there has been evidence to suggest that
victims often deliberately provoke their attackers, which does not make the violence justified,
but if the government wants to prevent violence, they have to consider that factor. As a result,
reasons make someone try to provoke someone for so long that the person ends up
committing violence. To this end, outside of domestic violence, the policy will solve violence
problems in general by identifying each kind of issue; attempt to find some more generalized
reasons.
The Domestic Violence Policy also pays attention to women as mothers and natural
caregivers. Besides, they are strong but physically gentle, and they do not choose aggression
naturally. Any kind of harm is usually a violation (done against their will or consent) doing
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lasting emotional, physical, and mental damage (Parish et al., 2004, 178). To preserve the
sanctity and highlight the plight of women, there are many more grassroots organizations
working on women’s and girls’ issues. Also, women are also more willing to come out in the
open and discuss their problems and help other women in similar situations. Men have
controlled positions of power both at home and outside (Han, 2007, 23). Moreover, the
majority of the world follows patriarchal systems. Most often, their harm is by choice or
situation and not a violation or force. Men do not come open, or fewer men join in on
discussions on violations of sexual nature. However, if more men spoke up, then there would
be more problem solving their issues. Violence in any form needs to be condemned, rooted
out of Chinese society. It is important for all violence to be highlighted, discussed, and
resolved (Berry, 2000, 5). Violence directly or indirectly affects children (encompasses the
male and female), which are the future. Thus, the day each Chinese citizen will realize that
they are all equal; they all feel the same despite their physical or emotional differences. They
will be living in a world full of respect for each other. They should also be focused more on
Violence against women than any other form of violence except for the people who are trying
to discredit and play down the whole issue (Xingjuan, 2004, 183). Also, by following these
solutions, China will probably end domestic violence that has prevailed as well as pay
attention to the incomplete laws.
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school students everywhere.
locations across the nation and demonstrates its ability to make a substantial impact for high
Despite the clear importance of this anti-tobacco campaign, cigarette smoking rates have shown
a dramatic decline in recent years, including those in places which still have a minimum
purchasing age of eighteen. Does this mean that legislative change is unnecessary?
The answer is absolutely not. As a matter of fact, despite these recent trends, the use of
alternative tobacco products among our youth has still somehow increased in recent years. Why,
you may ask? Simply because of the creation and advertising power of e-cigarettes and
vaporizers.
A recent addition to the tobacco industry, e-cigarettes and vaporizers pose a threat that is
unparalleled. By creating fruity scents and flavored juices, these products appeal to kids and
teenagers as a fun and safe alternative to cigarette smoke.
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Research conducted by the California Tobacco Control Program has shown that because of their
powerful allure, e-cigarettes are commonly being used by youth who would not otherwise be
using other tobacco products, especially cigarettes. Thus, these findings are proof that while
cigarette usage may now be much less concerning, e-cigarettes and vaporizers present a new
hurdle that the rise in minimum purchasing age of all tobacco products may help us to overcome.
In all, the recent change in California tobacco legislation supports our future generations in a
way that many local, state, and especially federal governments have yet to. Despite America’s
past as a tobacco friendly nation, medical findings from the last century have created cause for
concern and forced people to decide whether or not we will allow tobacco use to penetrate the
mouths and lungs of another generation.
One last time, think back to what it feels like to be 18. Young, fun, and carefree, you have your
whole future in front of you and it doesn’t matter whether or not you have any specific plans for
the future. You are healthy, active, and unbeatable. Imagine what it would be like if you still felt
If you didn’t pick up that first cigarette, you might still know what that feels like.
With health being our most important defense against age, don’t you wish you would’ve known
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Subottle The future is hazy for those who smoke, but the air is beginning to clear for younger generations.
Imagine yourself at 18 years old. You probably think you know it all, and no one can tell you
differently. Easily convinced, incredibly impressionable, and dying to be cool, if your friends are
smoking cigarettes, you probably are too. There’s no reason not to smoke, especially if you
legally can, right?
Fast-forward to now. You’re older, wiser, and in hindsight, you probably wish you never picked
up that first cigarette. Well the people of California and governor Jerry Brown wish you
didn’t
either. This year, the state of California took the first step toward protecting future generations
from the mistakes of the past. On June 6th, the tobacco purchasing age was changed from 18 to
21.
The perceived success of this new bill is supported by a study conducted by the Institute of
Medicine which shows that more than 90% of regular smokers begin smoking before the age of
18. Among the first of its kind, this new law is designed to protect high school students by taking
the ability to purchase and consume tobacco products out of the reach of their typical circle of
peers, who are generally 18 years of age or younger.
However clear their intentions may be, many are questioning the effectiveness of this new law
and whether or not it will successfully deter California’s youth from smoking. Even so, cities
across the country who have already made similar changes successfully have shown just how
beneficial an amendment to the federal law, regarding the legal age to purchase tobacco, may be.
Specifically, the town of Needham, MA, who changed their tobacco law back in 2005, has
shown incredible success in the years following their local legislative amendment. The British
Medical Journal carried out a study published just last year which shows that smoking among
high school students in the town of Needham was cut almost in half in the four years following
the law’s revision, while sixteen surrounding towns who didn’t make the same changes saw a
minimal decrease from 14.8% to 12%.
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Moving forward, the example of Needham demonstrates the impact that small change initially
has on the bigger picture. While small towns and cities may have begun their fight against
tobacco’s harmful hold many years ago, they have now made room for large scale change in
states like California and Hawaii, who have now both passed similar legislation earlier this year.
Therefore, this movement, which has picked up speed rapidly
, has proven its support in different
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