FrankRep
08-05-2009, 02:24 PM
Prostitutes are more trustworthy than government officials, Chinese survey finds
Telegraph UK
04 Aug 2009
The online survey of 3,376 Chinese showed that 7.9 per cent of respondents considered sex workers trustworthy, putting them in third place after farmers and religious workers, the Insight China magazine said on its website.
"A list like this is at the same time surprising and embarrassing," said an editorial in the China Daily English-language newspaper.
"The sex workers' unexpected prominence on this list of honour... is indeed unusual."
The newspaper said the list, based on a survey carried out in June and July, showed scientists and teachers ranked "way below, and that government functionaries, too, scored hardly better".
Soldiers and students were ranked after sex workers on the list of trustworthy professions, according to Insight China.
But the state-linked China Daily found reason for celebration.
"Given the constant feed of scandals involving the country's elite, this is not bad at all," the editorial commented.
"At least (the scientists and officials) have not slid into the least credible category, which consists of real estate developers, secretaries, agents, entertainers and directors."
SOURCE:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5971421/Prostitutes-are-more-trustworthy-than-government-officials-Chinese-survey-finds.html
Telegraph UK
04 Aug 2009
The online survey of 3,376 Chinese showed that 7.9 per cent of respondents considered sex workers trustworthy, putting them in third place after farmers and religious workers, the Insight China magazine said on its website.
"A list like this is at the same time surprising and embarrassing," said an editorial in the China Daily English-language newspaper.
"The sex workers' unexpected prominence on this list of honour... is indeed unusual."
The newspaper said the list, based on a survey carried out in June and July, showed scientists and teachers ranked "way below, and that government functionaries, too, scored hardly better".
Soldiers and students were ranked after sex workers on the list of trustworthy professions, according to Insight China.
But the state-linked China Daily found reason for celebration.
"Given the constant feed of scandals involving the country's elite, this is not bad at all," the editorial commented.
"At least (the scientists and officials) have not slid into the least credible category, which consists of real estate developers, secretaries, agents, entertainers and directors."
SOURCE:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5971421/Prostitutes-are-more-trustworthy-than-government-officials-Chinese-survey-finds.html