Some Chinese tourists have been warned that while spitting, slurping food and cutting in line may merely disgust people at home

[almaty 19]

BEIJING (Reuters) - Xinhua news agency said Friday.

Some Chinese tourists have been warned that while spitting, slurping food and cutting in line may merely disgust people at home, they are sometimes not tolerated abroad,

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.

[Eveline 9]

Seems like after the Britains and the Germans, they are now targeting the Chinese. Oh well, summer is long and stories are rare.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Hopefully they will take some heat away from the ugly american.

[mercuryroad 0]

Hopefully they will take some heat away from the ugly american.

oh yeah....I'm lovin this

i hope they start speaking chinese while they are in other countries and expect people to know what they are saying.......hahahaha.....yes....we're totally off the hook now.

[Ban Hammer 13,336]

Hopefully they will take some heat away from the ugly american.

hey now. i resemble that remark

[Nessa 23]

[Sister Fracas 5]

Hopefully they will take some heat away from the ugly american.

oh yeah....I'm lovin this

i hope they start speaking chinese while they are in other countries and expect people to know what they are saying.......hahahaha.....yes....we're totally off the hook now.

[almaty 19]

because many people believe clearing the lungs and firing away is good for your health.

aw...the joys of spitting

[chocolaterie 0]

Ack, I hated the friends of my parents who would engage in that behavior. Mainlanders are so often removed from the rest of the world. That's communism for ya.

[snz1802 0]

[*Robert* 2]

because many people believe clearing the lungs and firing away is good for your health.

aw...the joys of spitting

it's bad enough to just spit... but hacking up a lugey.... ewwwwwwwwww!!!

In Singapore, you get fined for that!

[almaty 19]

because many people believe clearing the lungs and firing away is good for your health.

aw...the joys of spitting

it's bad enough to just spit... but hacking up a lugey.... ewwwwwwwwww!!!

In Singapore, you get fined for that!

that God we live in america..now excuse me while i hack up a luge

Edited May 5, 2006 by almaty2004

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

There's a fine in Hong Kong now for spitting too, thanks to SARS

[Ban Hammer 13,336]

because many people believe clearing the lungs and firing away is good for your health.

aw...the joys of spitting

it's bad enough to just spit... but hacking up a lugey.... ewwwwwwwwww!!!

In Singapore, you get fined for that!

that God we live in america..now excuse me while i hack up a luge

a luge? did you go to the winter olympics?

[*Robert* 2]

because many people believe clearing the lungs and firing away is good for your health.

aw...the joys of spitting

it's bad enough to just spit... but hacking up a lugey.... ewwwwwwwwww!!!

In Singapore, you get fined for that!

that God we live in america..now excuse me while i hack up a luge

a luge? did you go to the winter olympics?

LMAO!!! That would be kinda hard to hack one of those up, wouldn't it!!!