I wrote a post about “Etiquette and Modernity” last month and mentioned a clip from the 1950s which Blogger Andrew Lih has now put on YouTube. It’s just another example of how the recent and very public “manners” campaigns have a long track record in China. (Coincidentally, today is the the 11th of the month meaning that it is officially ’stand in a line day.’ And no, I’m not making that up.)
China Anti-spitting Campaign (c. 1950)
February 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: Chinese History · Life in China
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1 無名 - wu ming // Feb 12, 2007 at 3:59 pm
that’s a great film clip. poor old laotou’r, don’t they know what’ll happen down the road when those uppity kids get a taste of haranguing old people on the street?
count me among the pro-spitting silent majority. wenming is highly overrated.
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