Further to my post yonks ago on the apparent lack of manners in this parts, read a somewhat amusing article in the paper about Beijing and the run up to the Olympics in 2008.
To hopefully prevent us genteel Westerners from getting the wrong idea about them, the Chinese have a civilisation campaign going to "discourage" people from spitting in the street (a common and charming habit there, I believe) , littering, leaving pet poop in the street and the like.
Now that they have the important stuff addressed, if only they'd sort out free speech and other human rights, then they'd be sorted!
Thursday, February 23, 2006
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So thats this blog dropped from google.cn then.
Very droll, K!
I'm half expecting a Chinese swat team in the window here any second!!!
I hear the salt mines in Inner Mongolia are marvellous this time of year....!!!
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