Walking a tightrope

The fate of a cleaner at Shenzhen airport has grabbed the attention of the public for nine months. Now people can feel relieved because on Friday the prosecutors of Shenzhen dropped the larceny accusation against Liang Li, the cleaner who found a bag with gold worth 3 million yuan ($441,000) in the airport last Dec.

Among the many views expressed on Liang's case, a famous one that gained wide popularity on the Internet was that of Professor Qu Xuewu from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Qu said the case should caution everyone about the risk of picking up other's property. Though Liang is set free, her action should not be encouraged. Her case reminds us that when you find property lost by others, you should not pick up it. On this count, of course, we all agree with Qu.