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[Cohiba]

Unfortunately we will still have to put up with two-legged, soju-swilling,
cigarette-smoking, dog-eating phlegm generators for the foreseeable
future.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4762436.stm

BTW, the Chinese gov't is also going to tackle littering. Don't even
get me started on that one.

[mindmetoo]

I remember Korea banned a host of rude activities for the 1988 Olympics. The most famous was the ban on dog eating (which was removed about a decade later). For the 2002 World Cup, they banned toilet paper on restaurant tables.

[Homer]

Of course banning spitting and littering will stop the behaviour completely.

That's how it always turns out.

Cohiba..perhaps a move to China is in order for you? I mean, you seem to experience daily frustration by living here...why not improve your lot and move on to greener pastures?

Seems like a sound choice to me.

[marlow]

I think Korea should adopt Singapore's laws. Then they can cane people that spit in public. Singapore is so cool.

[Smee]

smells like cultural genocide. i hate spitting and littering and lipsmacking too, but it's a little disgusting to take any sort of moral or cultural highground. There was an article in TIME last fall about how the Chinese are taking etiquette (sp?) lessons from Westerners in preparation for the 08 games.

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[Hollywoodaction]

[mindmetoo]

[fatpat]

What I experienced of China when I was on holiday there was that spitting is a much bigger problem than here. But worse than any of that was when I saw a guy having a poo in the street in Shanghai. It might be difficult to change the Chinese ways as there are a hell of a lot of them!

[Homer]

It might be difficult to change the Chinese ways as there are a hell of a lot of them!

Personally, I think statements like that puts one on a very slippery slope.

What do you do if they are unwilling to change?

Change to what and why?

I find spitting nasty myself but then again how will we go about telling them what to do?

Would we accept changes in our own culture if they decided some aspects of ours did not suit them?

[fatpat]

[quote="Homer"]It might be difficult to change the Chinese ways as there are a hell of a lot of them!

Personally, I think statements like that puts one on a very slippery slope.

What do you mean? Are you refering to me personally? It's not me imposing a ban, it's the Chinese government. What I meant is it will likely be very difficult for the government to stop people spitting, especially because China has such a large population who have been spitting for years. Let them spit I say, just because I found it a bit nasty when I was on holiday there doesn't mean they shouldn't do what they want in their own country. People do things differently and I can accept that.
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[fatpat]

[quote="Homer"]It might be difficult to change the Chinese ways as there are a hell of a lot of them!

Personally, I think statements like that puts one on a very slippery slope.

What do you mean? Are you refering to me personally? It's not me imposing a ban, it's the Chinese government. What I meant is it will likely be very difficult for the government to stop people spitting, especially because China has such a large population who have been spitting for years. Let them spit I say, just because I found it a bit nasty when I was on holiday there doesn't mean they shouldn't do what they want in their own country. People do things differently and I can accept that.

[Homer]

Are you refering to me personally?

Not at all!

I am refering to the nature of the statement: meaning us (Western culture) telling them what is acceptable and what is not acceptable.

Don't take it personally.

[Leslie Cheswyck]

China's [Throat] Cultural Revolution

[coolsage]