In the aftermath of the riots that swept across England last week, the UK government must not rush to adopt draconian policing tactics.
Britain has been quick to condemn those involved in rioting across England. But wearing rose-tinted glasses, we are guilty of double-standards and hypocrisy.
BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Following days of violent riots in Britain, speculation has grown as to why and how the trouble spread so rapidly.
Apparently the rioters used social
The response of Britain's political elite to the riots that engulfed England last week was phony and hypocritical. The problems exposed by the disturbances do not only exist in inner-city housing estates.
My family thought London was the safest place we had ever lived. But rioting near our home made us feel like we were back in a war zone.
When a young man from south London came face to face with looters on his way home from work, it was a shock. Here, he tells his story.
In the aftermath of riots that have spread across England in recent days, prime minister David Cameron proposed blocking social networks during future disturbances. This would be a dangerous erosion of civil liberties.
Correlation is not causation, so we’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions.
A proposal to evict convicted London looters from their homes and halt their benefit payments will not solve any problems. We must leave it to the courts to decide a suitable punishment.
Discussions about violence tend to be driven by a moral discourse. We must probe deeper and look to history if we are to understand the riots that have engulfed England in recent days.
An explosion of unrest and looting by young people that began in London and spread to other cities is a particular case of a global pattern with shared roots.
People assume we must take a stand against rioters in the city. But the reality is more complex.
