I finally visited the Expo as a tourist this week (I know, it's taken me a while) and I have to admit, after all the news about tourists behaving badly there, I really, really went there praying all my worries were for naught. Unfortunately, I saw something so disgusting it made me actually shriek out loud. more ›

Reuters informs us:

CHINESE researchers who spent 3,000 hours observing the public in Beijing say their behaviour shot to a new high of 82.68 on the 'civilization index' this year following a campaign to improve habits for the Olympics, the Beijing Morning Post reported on Tuesday. more ›

With the world looking at China leading up to the Games, China continues to make a concerted effort to meet the social standards of Western developed countries. In addition to public service announcements teaching people to be civil to each other, the powers that be (in this case the Jing'an Municipality) have have even gone as far as launching a volunteer guerrilla campaign to bribe people with small gifts to clear their tables at McDonald's and KFC. more ›