@neddy: BTW, 12 years ago, if a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle, the pedestrian was responsible, by law, for any damage to the vehicle.

I think the original law reflected the days when autos were either state owned or owned by power and wealthy people. In the run up to the 2008 Olympics the law was changed.

@neddy: When you say Chinese break their own laws because it is their culture to do so, you insult the vast majority of Chinese. When you say ignoring petty laws makes sense, you insult where ever you come from.

Some of us have been visiting or lived in China for many years. In my case it is more than 30 years since I first came into China and I lived in China for 12 years. As HFCAMPO says, China is improving.

Spitting, urinating and defecating in the streets, ignoring traffic laws, are habits that are changing albeit, slowly.

Defending and calling culture unsanitary or dangerous behavior, especially when they violate Chinese law demonstrates your inability to recognize that not all Chinese behave this way. Most educated urban Chinese would fit nicely in any city in the world and do.

Ignorant foreigners, new to China, become instant apologists for what they mistake as culture. They do so before they fully understand the Chinese and Chinese culture.

I love China and enjoyed living there but it can be pretty rude and even ugly from time to time. Stop being so judgmental of experienced 老外。I have noticed judgmental 老外 don't last.

Practice English, sell you something, investments you can make...

Define "tunnel vision"

In a word: religion

God forbid people think, question, innovate, change and be different.

Jews, Christians and Muslims all worship the God of Abraham. God gave them Ten Commandments. Yet in the corpus of these great religions exist thousands, if not tens of thousands, of rules.

Written by men, these additional rules are said to be inspired by God. Yet these man made rules allow, condone, or even mandate slavery, persecution and killing of people often in the name of God.

Thus sayeth the omnipotent, benevolent, just and loving God.