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#195334 05/05/06 03:41 PM
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Some Chinese tourists have been warned that while spitting, slurping food and jumping queues may merely disgust people at home, they are sometimes not tolerated abroad, Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
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The increasing number of Chinese tourists traveling abroad may be a huge new source of income to destination countries, but that won't prevent complaints against individuals from reflecting badly on all of China, Xinhua said.

"The media in Singapore reports that hotel staff are upset with Chinese tourists spitting in their rooms and smoking in bed," it said.

"...Singapore airline companies also criticized Chinese tourists for talking loudly and being very rude. Even Hong Kong newspapers have pointed out that some mainlanders lack manners and social graces."

Beijing residents said last year spitting in public was what they could not stand most about living in the Chinese capital, followed close behind by dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets.

Beijing has launched a campaign to make its citizens more "civil" in the run-up to hosting the 2008 Olympics. Games organizers have repeatedly said the city needs to teach its people to stand in line, stop spitting and littering and generally be better mannered.

Past efforts to stamp out the spitting habit, like a 2003 campaign to help curb the spread of
SARS, have not been very effective, partly because many people believe clearing the lungs and firing away is good for your health

#195335 05/05/06 07:08 PM
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It'd be hard as it's widely tolerated here, never seen so many classy girls spit. It's hard enough to get people to contain their animals never mind their spit (applies to gringos just as much.)

#195336 05/05/06 07:11 PM
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It's just plain disgusting....MHO
There's a time and place for eveything...ugh! nasty.. nasty.. nasty..sorry but true!

#195337 05/05/06 07:12 PM
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Yuk! It is dsigusting!
Wonder if it would help if they brought back spitoons? confused

#195338 05/05/06 07:21 PM
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I would imagine hankerchiefs and Klennexx is not a must have, so one spits.

#195339 05/06/06 12:45 AM
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...takes the fun out of walking the beach without shoes. We won't even mention "athletes sand" here.


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