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Culture & Politics » soc.culture.china » MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!!
MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228268] Sa, 22 Juli 2006 10:43
richasiankid  
See what the German newspaper has to say! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!

Every Japanese, Korean, Hong Kong or Taiwan person knows this. Now the
Germans are discovering this too.

Well, better late than never!

What did RichAsianKid say before? Just as soccer is Brazil's national
sport, and chess is Russia's, ***mainland Chinese have spitting as
their famous national pasttime!***

I suggest Beijing/the Chinese inaugurate a new Olympic 2008 event -- a
new "spitting competition."

Why? Simple. It can seriously boost China's up-coming 2008 medal
count!!!


=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,403921, 00.html

BEIJING OLYMPICS

China's Spitting Image

Hosting the Olympics means doing a lot more than building a few
stadiums, as Beijing is finding out. On Wednesday the Chinese
authorities launched a campaign to clean up the way people in the city
behave. One of the biggest challenges is to ban public spitting.

In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese
government said Wednesday it would introduce a new code of conduct for
its citizens: no slurping of soup, no trying to push to the front of
lines and, most of all, absolutely no spitting.

Keen to present its best face to the world during the prestigious
sporting event, the government in Beijing has declared war on
expectorating in public in a county where phlegm is as ubiquitous on
the ground as dog poop in some European cities.

Millions of brochures are being sent out to persuade individuals that
spitting is unhygienic, paper sanitary bags with the Chinese symbol for
"mucus" are being distributed on public transport for people to spit
into and anyone found spitting onto the sidewalk will have to either
clean up the mess or cough up an on-the-spot fine of 50 yuan, the
equivalent of about =805.

The issue of spitting in public was first tackled by the Chinese
government in a 2003 awareness campaign aimed at curbing the spread of
SARS. But it has also become one of the issues that divide the
increasingly wealthy urban Chinese, who often regard spitting as lower
class, from the poor workers in the countryside.

But banning spitting is no easy feat. Beijing's dusty climate and high
levels of pollution mean that coughing up is often the only way to
clear your throat.

Whether the Chinese government can actually change people's behavior
from above remains doubtful: After all Germany's campaign to get people
smiling in time for this summer's football World Cup, has been going
for months now. But as yet there is no sign that dour Berliners are
looking any more jovial.

dmg/ap/reuters


Picture:
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,grossbi ld-589401-40392=
1,00.html

This billboard tells residents what not to do in China in the run-up to
the 2008 Olympics: no illegal construction and parking, grafitti,
damage of public property, damage to greenery, littering and spitting
or illegal street vending.
Re: MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228269 ] Sa, 22 Juli 2006 10:56
mbplee  
I remember school kids in 1942 competiting with one another of how far
they could spit. It is not a new sport. It is old as the mountains.

But I agree, it is a filthy national habit in China. I am sure the land
of China is so fertile because they have had centuries of spit spread
over their land. It must measure 20 meters deep by now if stack one on
top of another. And there is absolutely no physical need for it. A 100
yean fine for anyone caught spitting should stop the stupid Chinese
habit.

For those with a cold, or Tuberculosis, we have actually invented the
Kleenex Tissue, disposable. Chinese rice paper is just as good if you
are poor.



RichAsianKid wrote:

> See what the German newspaper has to say! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!
>
> Every Japanese, Korean, Hong Kong or Taiwan person knows this. Now the
> Germans are discovering this too.
>
> Well, better late than never!
>
> What did RichAsianKid say before? Just as soccer is Brazil's national
> sport, and chess is Russia's, ***mainland Chinese have spitting as
> their famous national pasttime!***
>
> I suggest Beijing/the Chinese inaugurate a new Olympic 2008 event -- a
> new "spitting competition."
>
> Why? Simple. It can seriously boost China's up-coming 2008 medal
> count!!!
>
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,403921, 00.html
>
> BEIJING OLYMPICS
>
> China's Spitting Image
>
> Hosting the Olympics means doing a lot more than building a few
> stadiums, as Beijing is finding out. On Wednesday the Chinese
> authorities launched a campaign to clean up the way people in the city
> behave. One of the biggest challenges is to ban public spitting.
>
> In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese
> government said Wednesday it would introduce a new code of conduct for
> its citizens: no slurping of soup, no trying to push to the front of
> lines and, most of all, absolutely no spitting.
>
> Keen to present its best face to the world during the prestigious
> sporting event, the government in Beijing has declared war on
> expectorating in public in a county where phlegm is as ubiquitous on
> the ground as dog poop in some European cities.
>
> Millions of brochures are being sent out to persuade individuals that
> spitting is unhygienic, paper sanitary bags with the Chinese symbol for
> "mucus" are being distributed on public transport for people to spit
> into and anyone found spitting onto the sidewalk will have to either
> clean up the mess or cough up an on-the-spot fine of 50 yuan, the
> equivalent of about =805.
>
> The issue of spitting in public was first tackled by the Chinese
> government in a 2003 awareness campaign aimed at curbing the spread of
> SARS. But it has also become one of the issues that divide the
> increasingly wealthy urban Chinese, who often regard spitting as lower
> class, from the poor workers in the countryside.
>
> But banning spitting is no easy feat. Beijing's dusty climate and high
> levels of pollution mean that coughing up is often the only way to
> clear your throat.
>
> Whether the Chinese government can actually change people's behavior
> from above remains doubtful: After all Germany's campaign to get people
> smiling in time for this summer's football World Cup, has been going
> for months now. But as yet there is no sign that dour Berliners are
> looking any more jovial.
>
> dmg/ap/reuters
>
>
> Picture:
> http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,grossbi ld-589401-403=
921,00.html
>
> This billboard tells residents what not to do in China in the run-up to
> the 2008 Olympics: no illegal construction and parking, grafitti,
> damage of public property, damage to greenery, littering and spitting
> or illegal street vending.
Re: MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228271 ] Sa, 22 Juli 2006 12:26
lechergod  
how much this communists' dog knows of PRC mainland ????
A 100 yean fine ???
who is to impose ????
this communists' dog sees only the corruptive officials to get rich to buy
up Hongkong, how can they spare their time and energy for doing such thing
not enriching his wealth !!!!

spitting happens mostly in rural area and peasants land,
who can afford a 100 yean fine ???
this communists' dog mbl* is absolutely in totalitarian-washed brain to
make peasants to riot !!

they are squeezed to such "better to die than to live" stage,
law is nothing to them.
evilness comes from the monopolistic system, political and economical, to
facilitate all officials to corrupt with so much power.
that is why even death penalty means nothing to them.
there are offically announcement frequently how many criminals are
senteneced to dead and executed, but the crimes are increasing more
seriously, beyond the official record.

this is not what can be seen by a comunists' dog mbl*, who only put his
eyes to corrupt officials' happiness from squeezing out too much money to
buy up Hongkong.


mbl* wrote:

> I remember school kids in 1942 competiting with one another of how far
> they could spit. It is not a new sport. It is old as the mountains.
>
> But I agree, it is a filthy national habit in China. I am sure the land
> of China is so fertile because they have had centuries of spit spread
> over their land. It must measure 20 meters deep by now if stack one on
> top of another. And there is absolutely no physical need for it. A 100
> yean fine for anyone caught spitting should stop the stupid Chinese
> habit.
>
> For those with a cold, or Tuberculosis, we have actually invented the
> Kleenex Tissue, disposable. Chinese rice paper is just as good if you
> are poor.
>
>
>
> RichAsianKid wrote:
>
>
>>See what the German newspaper has to say! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!
>>
>>Every Japanese, Korean, Hong Kong or Taiwan person knows this. Now the
>>Germans are discovering this too.
>>
>>Well, better late than never!
>>
>>What did RichAsianKid say before? Just as soccer is Brazil's national
>>sport, and chess is Russia's, ***mainland Chinese have spitting as
>>their famous national pasttime!***
>>
>>I suggest Beijing/the Chinese inaugurate a new Olympic 2008 event -- a
>>new "spitting competition."
>>
>>Why? Simple. It can seriously boost China's up-coming 2008 medal
>>count!!!
>>
>>
>>==============
>>
>> http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,403921, 00.html
>>
>>BEIJING OLYMPICS
>>
>>China's Spitting Image
>>
>>Hosting the Olympics means doing a lot more than building a few
>>stadiums, as Beijing is finding out. On Wednesday the Chinese
>>authorities launched a campaign to clean up the way people in the city
>>behave. One of the biggest challenges is to ban public spitting.
>>
>>In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese
>>government said Wednesday it would introduce a new code of conduct for
>>its citizens: no slurping of soup, no trying to push to the front of
>>lines and, most of all, absolutely no spitting.
>>
>>Keen to present its best face to the world during the prestigious
>>sporting event, the government in Beijing has declared war on
>>expectorating in public in a county where phlegm is as ubiquitous on
>>the ground as dog poop in some European cities.
>>
>>Millions of brochures are being sent out to persuade individuals that
>>spitting is unhygienic, paper sanitary bags with the Chinese symbol for
>>"mucus" are being distributed on public transport for people to spit
>>into and anyone found spitting onto the sidewalk will have to either
>>clean up the mess or cough up an on-the-spot fine of 50 yuan, the
>>equivalent of about €5.
>>
>>The issue of spitting in public was first tackled by the Chinese
>>government in a 2003 awareness campaign aimed at curbing the spread of
>>SARS. But it has also become one of the issues that divide the
>>increasingly wealthy urban Chinese, who often regard spitting as lower
>>class, from the poor workers in the countryside.
>>
>>But banning spitting is no easy feat. Beijing's dusty climate and high
>>levels of pollution mean that coughing up is often the only way to
>>clear your throat.
>>
>>Whether the Chinese government can actually change people's behavior
>>from above remains doubtful: After all Germany's campaign to get people
>>smiling in time for this summer's football World Cup, has been going
>>for months now. But as yet there is no sign that dour Berliners are
>>looking any more jovial.
>>
>>dmg/ap/reuters
>>
>>
>>Picture:
>> http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,grossbi ld-589401-403921,00.html
>>
>>This billboard tells residents what not to do in China in the run-up to
>>the 2008 Olympics: no illegal construction and parking, grafitti,
>>damage of public property, damage to greenery, littering and spitting
>>or illegal street vending.
>
>

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Re: MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228335 ] Sa, 22 Juli 2006 21:10
ppp  
On 22 Jul 2006 01:43:16 -0700, "RichAsianKid"
<richasiankid [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

>But banning spitting is no easy feat. Beijing's dusty climate and high
>levels of pollution mean that coughing up is often the only way to
>clear your throat.

The dust is mostly loess soil blown in from the drier provinves in the
west. I saw the effects of one dust storm. I should have taken photos
but it didn't occur to me to do so then as it didn't look particulary
unusual. The wind was perhaps about 30 mph or so. The air looked a
bit brownish but perfectly breathable, that is no induced coughs,
runny noses or snot accumulation. By next day all the cars were
covered with a fine coat of yellowish brown dust that you could finger
write on. I was on the 23rd floor apartment and I had a layer of fine
dust on everything. The dust on the floor had swirls where there were
eddies. I wiped every thing down which was easy because the floors
was polished stone tiles and the furniture smooth finished.

The air is polluted alright as three to four days in the week the
smog, a fine grey haze is visible. On some days its was thick enough
to fuzz buildings 10 blocks away. When the day is clear its strange
that the building still look new. Many buildings in Asian
cities(Taipeh, HK, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur) have that grimy look with
oily or moldy streaks following where rainwater would have flowed down
the walls.

Again its strange in that no one including myself felt any discomfort
as in hacking a cough. No one was wearing any of those famous
surgical masks either. Each morning I had a lump of very thick mucus
in my throat that I had to cough out. This mucus production was a
regular occurance the whole month I was in China but disappeared after
I left. I am not sure if it is due to air pollution or to diet.


>Whether the Chinese government can actually change people's behavior
>from above remains doubtful: After all Germany's campaign to get people
>smiling in time for this summer's football World Cup, has been going
>for months now. But as yet there is no sign that dour Berliners are
>looking any more jovial.


Oh yes. It has already happened. The whole country is behind this
beautify China for the 2008 influx of foreign guests. The streets are
being constantly cleaned and swept. There is very little litter and
no garbage piles anywhere. It can't be helped that there will be an
occasional country yokel visiting town who will litter, spit and toss
cigarette butts but these are cleaned within the day if not within
hours. Taxis and cars are to be scrapped in 8 years to reduce
mechanically unsound vehicles. The buses receive regular cleaning
inside and out from a crew of five to seven at the end of route
terminus. I had noticed that the vinyl handgrips looked new instead
of having grime built up in the usual recesses. Everything looks new
and clean.

The streets are lined with trees and bushes that look well maintained.
From 23 floors up I had a good 200 deg view of several square miles of
Beijing and the place looks filled with trees. You will get the same
impression looking from any of the usual toruist sites. Everywhere
where its possible there is a tree , bush or patch of grass. In
Guanngzhou I was puzzled to find large trees (2 to 4 stories tall)
growing out of sidewalks and old style shop walkways. The concrete
was poured all around the trunks at street level so that there is no
possibility of watering them from the surface, the only water the
trees could draw from would be underground. These trees must have
been there when the houses were built some decades ago. Yet the trees
were in full flush of green.

The hype about the Olympics is still low key. But the excitement for
China's coming out party where China wil show the world how far she
has come is there. I intend to be there too.
Re: MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228422 ] So, 23 Juli 2006 08:10
shipeng713  
if everyone are rich .
and no one will Spit
Re: MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228424 ] So, 23 Juli 2006 08:26
rst0wxyz  
shipeng713 [at] 163.com wrote:
> if everyone are rich .
> and no one will Spit

Why? How does being rich have anything to do with spitting?
Re: MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228431 ] So, 23 Juli 2006 09:05
fyfpoon  
Stop making a big thing out of this. This phenomenon shows the Chinese
are getting rich too quickly. The spit habit used to be that of the
peasants but the on-going economic development has pushed many of them,
together with this habit, into middle class dwellers in the cities.
This very bad habit which is environmentally friendly in the
countryside.

On the other hand, the people from 'advanced' countries are still
keeping the dirty habit of 'finger lickin good'. It is rather
disgusting by Chinese standard and the Chinese parents snap the hands
of the kids that do so.

FP
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
RichAsianKid wrote:
> See what the German newspaper has to say! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!
>
> Every Japanese, Korean, Hong Kong or Taiwan person knows this. Now the
> Germans are discovering this too.
>
> Well, better late than never!
>
> What did RichAsianKid say before? Just as soccer is Brazil's national
> sport, and chess is Russia's, ***mainland Chinese have spitting as
> their famous national pasttime!***
>
> I suggest Beijing/the Chinese inaugurate a new Olympic 2008 event -- a
> new "spitting competition."
>
> Why? Simple. It can seriously boost China's up-coming 2008 medal
> count!!!
>
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,403921, 00.html
>
> BEIJING OLYMPICS
>
> China's Spitting Image
>
> Hosting the Olympics means doing a lot more than building a few
> stadiums, as Beijing is finding out. On Wednesday the Chinese
> authorities launched a campaign to clean up the way people in the city
> behave. One of the biggest challenges is to ban public spitting.
>
> In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese
> government said Wednesday it would introduce a new code of conduct for
> its citizens: no slurping of soup, no trying to push to the front of
> lines and, most of all, absolutely no spitting.
>
> Keen to present its best face to the world during the prestigious
> sporting event, the government in Beijing has declared war on
> expectorating in public in a county where phlegm is as ubiquitous on
> the ground as dog poop in some European cities.
>
> Millions of brochures are being sent out to persuade individuals that
> spitting is unhygienic, paper sanitary bags with the Chinese symbol for
> "mucus" are being distributed on public transport for people to spit
> into and anyone found spitting onto the sidewalk will have to either
> clean up the mess or cough up an on-the-spot fine of 50 yuan, the
> equivalent of about =805.
>
> The issue of spitting in public was first tackled by the Chinese
> government in a 2003 awareness campaign aimed at curbing the spread of
> SARS. But it has also become one of the issues that divide the
> increasingly wealthy urban Chinese, who often regard spitting as lower
> class, from the poor workers in the countryside.
>
> But banning spitting is no easy feat. Beijing's dusty climate and high
> levels of pollution mean that coughing up is often the only way to
> clear your throat.
>
> Whether the Chinese government can actually change people's behavior
> from above remains doubtful: After all Germany's campaign to get people
> smiling in time for this summer's football World Cup, has been going
> for months now. But as yet there is no sign that dour Berliners are
> looking any more jovial.
>
> dmg/ap/reuters
>
>
> Picture:
> http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,grossbi ld-589401-403=
921,00.html
>
> This billboard tells residents what not to do in China in the run-up to
> the 2008 Olympics: no illegal construction and parking, grafitti,
> damage of public property, damage to greenery, littering and spitting
> or illegal street vending.
Re: MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228437 ] So, 23 Juli 2006 09:17
lechergod  
right !!
that is why the corruptive officials had to squeeze them to spit !!!


shipeng713 [at] 163.com wrote:

> if everyone are rich .
> and no one will Spit
>

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Re: MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228553 ] So, 23 Juli 2006 15:57
richasiankid  
shipeng713 [at] 163.com wrote:
> if everyone are rich .
> and no one will Spit

Not true - even in so-called "higher society" country clubs in Hong
Kong (currently GDP ranked 10th in the world, behind US at 3rd, but
ahead of UK which is ranked 13th, Japan which is 19th, France 23rd,
Singapore 25th, Germany 27th, South Korea at 46th - see right column
PPP which is more of an accurate reflection as stated by the world bank
site:
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/ GNIPC.pdf),
for instance, signs of "No Spitting" are all over the place.

China, on the other hand, is ranked an abysmally low 107th - though
probably improved from previous years.

Still, China's doing better than Ethiopia or the Congo!
Re: MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228554 ] So, 23 Juli 2006 16:03
richasiankid  
Actually one poster of soc.culture.china, rst0wxyz, loves the saying
'when in Rome, do as Romans do'. I pick on this phrase as I know
someone in his 60s in real life who actually loves to use this. I don't
think it's untrue -- foreigners should recognize spitting as China's
national past-time, like, you know, the American handshake, and
everyone should learn how to spit.

I would merely suggest that, as a consistency of principle, mainland
Chinese immigrants be taught not wantonly spit on the streets or in
supermarkets in North America. Or at least those 'no spitting' signs
should be put up to remind them - 'when in Rome, do as Romans do'.
http://steenydollvacation.tripod.com/DontSpitShanghai.JPG

fyfpoon [at] gmail.com wrote:
> Stop making a big thing out of this. This phenomenon shows the Chinese
> are getting rich too quickly. The spit habit used to be that of the
> peasants but the on-going economic development has pushed many of them,
> together with this habit, into middle class dwellers in the cities.
> This very bad habit which is environmentally friendly in the
> countryside.
>
> On the other hand, the people from 'advanced' countries are still
> keeping the dirty habit of 'finger lickin good'. It is rather
> disgusting by Chinese standard and the Chinese parents snap the hands
> of the kids that do so.
>
> FP
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> RichAsianKid wrote:
> > See what the German newspaper has to say! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!
> >
> > Every Japanese, Korean, Hong Kong or Taiwan person knows this. Now the
> > Germans are discovering this too.
> >
> > Well, better late than never!
> >
> > What did RichAsianKid say before? Just as soccer is Brazil's national
> > sport, and chess is Russia's, ***mainland Chinese have spitting as
> > their famous national pasttime!***
> >
> > I suggest Beijing/the Chinese inaugurate a new Olympic 2008 event -- a
> > new "spitting competition."
> >
> > Why? Simple. It can seriously boost China's up-coming 2008 medal
> > count!!!
> >
> >
> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> >
> > http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,403921, 00.html
> >
> > BEIJING OLYMPICS
> >
> > China's Spitting Image
> >
> > Hosting the Olympics means doing a lot more than building a few
> > stadiums, as Beijing is finding out. On Wednesday the Chinese
> > authorities launched a campaign to clean up the way people in the city
> > behave. One of the biggest challenges is to ban public spitting.
> >
> > In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese
> > government said Wednesday it would introduce a new code of conduct for
> > its citizens: no slurping of soup, no trying to push to the front of
> > lines and, most of all, absolutely no spitting.
> >
> > Keen to present its best face to the world during the prestigious
> > sporting event, the government in Beijing has declared war on
> > expectorating in public in a county where phlegm is as ubiquitous on
> > the ground as dog poop in some European cities.
> >
> > Millions of brochures are being sent out to persuade individuals that
> > spitting is unhygienic, paper sanitary bags with the Chinese symbol for
> > "mucus" are being distributed on public transport for people to spit
> > into and anyone found spitting onto the sidewalk will have to either
> > clean up the mess or cough up an on-the-spot fine of 50 yuan, the
> > equivalent of about =805.
> >
> > The issue of spitting in public was first tackled by the Chinese
> > government in a 2003 awareness campaign aimed at curbing the spread of
> > SARS. But it has also become one of the issues that divide the
> > increasingly wealthy urban Chinese, who often regard spitting as lower
> > class, from the poor workers in the countryside.
> >
> > But banning spitting is no easy feat. Beijing's dusty climate and high
> > levels of pollution mean that coughing up is often the only way to
> > clear your throat.
> >
> > Whether the Chinese government can actually change people's behavior
> > from above remains doubtful: After all Germany's campaign to get people
> > smiling in time for this summer's football World Cup, has been going
> > for months now. But as yet there is no sign that dour Berliners are
> > looking any more jovial.
> >
> > dmg/ap/reuters
> >
> >
> > Picture:
> > http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,grossbi ld-589401-4=
03921,00.html
> >
> > This billboard tells residents what not to do in China in the run-up to
> > the 2008 Olympics: no illegal construction and parking, grafitti,
> > damage of public property, damage to greenery, littering and spitting
> > or illegal street vending.
Re: MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228702 ] Mo, 24 Juli 2006 02:53
lechergod  
oh !
you forget rst0wxyz's saying : to give her rich !!!!!
those overseas chinks are not RICH !!!!!


RichAsianKid wrote:

> Actually one poster of soc.culture.china, rst0wxyz, loves the saying
> 'when in Rome, do as Romans do'. I pick on this phrase as I know
> someone in his 60s in real life who actually loves to use this. I don't
> think it's untrue -- foreigners should recognize spitting as China's
> national past-time, like, you know, the American handshake, and
> everyone should learn how to spit.
>
> I would merely suggest that, as a consistency of principle, mainland
> Chinese immigrants be taught not wantonly spit on the streets or in
> supermarkets in North America. Or at least those 'no spitting' signs
> should be put up to remind them - 'when in Rome, do as Romans do'.
> http://steenydollvacation.tripod.com/DontSpitShanghai.JPG
>
> fyfpoon [at] gmail.com wrote:
>
>>Stop making a big thing out of this. This phenomenon shows the Chinese
>>are getting rich too quickly. The spit habit used to be that of the
>>peasants but the on-going economic development has pushed many of them,
>>together with this habit, into middle class dwellers in the cities.
>>This very bad habit which is environmentally friendly in the
>>countryside.
>>
>>On the other hand, the people from 'advanced' countries are still
>>keeping the dirty habit of 'finger lickin good'. It is rather
>>disgusting by Chinese standard and the Chinese parents snap the hands
>>of the kids that do so.
>>
>>FP
>>=====================================
>>RichAsianKid wrote:
>>
>>>See what the German newspaper has to say! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!
>>>
>>>Every Japanese, Korean, Hong Kong or Taiwan person knows this. Now the
>>>Germans are discovering this too.
>>>
>>>Well, better late than never!
>>>
>>>What did RichAsianKid say before? Just as soccer is Brazil's national
>>>sport, and chess is Russia's, ***mainland Chinese have spitting as
>>>their famous national pasttime!***
>>>
>>>I suggest Beijing/the Chinese inaugurate a new Olympic 2008 event -- a
>>>new "spitting competition."
>>>
>>>Why? Simple. It can seriously boost China's up-coming 2008 medal
>>>count!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>==============
>>>
>>> http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,403921, 00.html
>>>
>>>BEIJING OLYMPICS
>>>
>>>China's Spitting Image
>>>
>>>Hosting the Olympics means doing a lot more than building a few
>>>stadiums, as Beijing is finding out. On Wednesday the Chinese
>>>authorities launched a campaign to clean up the way people in the city
>>>behave. One of the biggest challenges is to ban public spitting.
>>>
>>>In preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese
>>>government said Wednesday it would introduce a new code of conduct for
>>>its citizens: no slurping of soup, no trying to push to the front of
>>>lines and, most of all, absolutely no spitting.
>>>
>>>Keen to present its best face to the world during the prestigious
>>>sporting event, the government in Beijing has declared war on
>>>expectorating in public in a county where phlegm is as ubiquitous on
>>>the ground as dog poop in some European cities.
>>>
>>>Millions of brochures are being sent out to persuade individuals that
>>>spitting is unhygienic, paper sanitary bags with the Chinese symbol for
>>>"mucus" are being distributed on public transport for people to spit
>>>into and anyone found spitting onto the sidewalk will have to either
>>>clean up the mess or cough up an on-the-spot fine of 50 yuan, the
>>>equivalent of about €5.
>>>
>>>The issue of spitting in public was first tackled by the Chinese
>>>government in a 2003 awareness campaign aimed at curbing the spread of
>>>SARS. But it has also become one of the issues that divide the
>>>increasingly wealthy urban Chinese, who often regard spitting as lower
>>>class, from the poor workers in the countryside.
>>>
>>>But banning spitting is no easy feat. Beijing's dusty climate and high
>>>levels of pollution mean that coughing up is often the only way to
>>>clear your throat.
>>>
>>>Whether the Chinese government can actually change people's behavior
>>>from above remains doubtful: After all Germany's campaign to get people
>>>smiling in time for this summer's football World Cup, has been going
>>>for months now. But as yet there is no sign that dour Berliners are
>>>looking any more jovial.
>>>
>>>dmg/ap/reuters
>>>
>>>
>>>Picture:
>>> http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,grossbi ld-589401-403921,00.html
>>>
>>>This billboard tells residents what not to do in China in the run-up to
>>>the 2008 Olympics: no illegal construction and parking, grafitti,
>>>damage of public property, damage to greenery, littering and spitting
>>>or illegal street vending.
>
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Re: MUST READ: China: A Country Where People Spit!! [message #228815 ] Mo, 24 Juli 2006 08:43
Wakalukong  
RichAsianKid wrote:
> See what the German newspaper has to say! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!
>
> Every Japanese, Korean, Hong Kong or Taiwan person knows this. Now the
> Germans are discovering this too.
>
> Well, better late than never!
>
> What did RichAsianKid say before? Just as soccer is Brazil's national
> sport, and chess is Russia's, ***mainland Chinese have spitting as
> their famous national pasttime!***
>
> I suggest Beijing/the Chinese inaugurate a new Olympic 2008 event -- a
> new "spitting competition."
>
> Why? Simple. It can seriously boost China's up-coming 2008 medal
> count!!!
--------

I have no doubt the Germans knew about spitting long ago. Some people
just like to look down on others, and will scout around for
opportunities to do so. It's their sport. Newspapers will do it to
sell a few more copies.

I once travelled around Europe for a few months. I observed practices
that were good enough to qualify for the Olympics for the rest of the
world to laugh at. So, don't assume the West is perfect. Other
people's imperfections always appear worse than ours because we're used
to our own.

Wakalukong
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