[hardworking]

Do they use spittoons in China I wonder. Chew Mail Pouch?

The answer to both is a resounding ‘no’ and what they are spitting is even more gross than tobacco, and unlike tobacco, TB is spread through the habit. They fail to mention one other little ‘habit’ and that is the, shall we say depositing, of nose material on any convenient wall, including inside ones house.

Ah-h-h-h more multiculturalism.

[ribosomal soup]

Ah-h-h-h more multiculturalism.

This has nothing to do with multiculturalism, but education level and wealth. No Chinese philosopher, monk, writer or artist has ever told people to spit everywhere. Very few educated Chinese spit in the public. If you go to a Chinese university, no one (not the student nor the professor) spits at all.

The problem is that education level throughout China is still very low. For every 10 million educated, there are 100 million uneducated. But hopefully that will greatly improve in the next few decades.