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The bad habits of BeijingPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, October 29, 2005 4:30 PM
![]() Anti-spitting propaganda in Shanghai — Beijing could take some lessons The China Daily has published a story with this headline: Beijing discourages uncouth behavior for Olympics Here are the choice bits:
These worries have been expressed many times in the Chinese media in the past few years. In September this year, Oriental Outlook magazine ran an article about Beijingers' bad habits, comparing today's Beijing with a popular Internet forum post from 2001 that listed 12 bad habits of Beijingers at that time. Apparently there has not been much improvement. The 12 bad habits are:
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