Assorted other China stories...

[weloseourselves]

-- It's sort of weird being in a country where the socially responsible

thing to do after drinking a bottle of Coke is to drop the bottle on the

street instead of throwing it in a bin. This was especially noticable in

Jinghong, the first real city we stopped in, but has been true everywhere

we've gone in China. They are serious about recycling here

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[anonymous]

Beijing continues its intensive citywide upgrade campaign to impress visitors when the Olympic Games open in August 2008. In February, the city designated the 11th of each month as "voluntary wait in line" day to begin training Chinese to queue up for services in an orderly fashion rather than by their customary chaotic swarming. [Reuters, 2-7-07]