China’s manners blitz: update!
Written By: 孙智谦 on February 9, 2007
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| Not long ago, we (yes, I have taken to referring to myself as the royal ‘we’) “reported” on China’s blitz on manners ahead of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Here’s an update on the progress. |
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| Since people the world over are essentially followers of what the media does and celebrities do, Beijing is trying to enlist the help of the media and famous people to help get people on board with the whole not-freaking-foreigners-out-with-disgusting-and-rude-habits thing. According to the article, there’s actually a system of “punishment and rewards” as well as “slogans for city districts”. What the rewards are, we couldn’t say. Not getting manhandled and/or fined by the police seems reward enough to us. It’s a good thing China’s court system isn’t like the one in America because if it were, there would no doubt be a flood of appeals to spitting fines. If Johnnie Cochran were still alive, we know he would already be there, offering his closing remarks before the court: “If he didn’t spit, you must acquit.” |
| Link to article. |
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