NoReservations's picture NoReservations Submitted by Guest on Fri, 01/10/2014 - 11:05

The main point is that if you didn't give these kind of articles of little significance to the people e.g. a "celebrity who lost a laptop", no one would notice or cry out of them in demand. You have a choice of what standards of jourmalism you hold. You control the quality and significance of what the people can read. Let's raise the bar

RadioDJ38's picture RadioDJ38 Submitted by Guest on Thu, 01/09/2014 - 19:59

Oh give me a break! There can be a million non-smoking "policies" in this country, but it will never do any good, because there are too many Chinese people that don't give a crap about anyone else and they will do whatever they want. And....if the person caught smoking in a public place is rich or powerful, nothing will be done about it.

Heck...just today while walking here in the subway transferring to another line, I saw some guy just nonchalantly light up a cigarette and was smoking away, totally oblivious to the many people around him.

I am not sure what it is like for all the other foreigners back in their home countries, but back in my hometown there is no smoking allowed in ANY public building, and YES....that includes no smoking in the bars. You never see anyone ever just lighting up anyway. That is because we have more consideration for others than the Chinese people do.

Come on Chinese people! You seriously can't wait and go a couple minutes without smoking?! Wait until you get outside!

By the way....I AM A SMOKER!

zax2000's picture zax2000 Submitted by Guest on Thu, 01/09/2014 - 17:39

The no smoking trend is definitely spreading. more and more places are going smoke free, but even the owners who want to do it can be hesitatant. They need some support.

Maybe The Beijinger could start to prominently feature a bar/restaurant's non-smoking status. You do have it on each place's listing page, but maybe feature it on the top with a green (smoke-free), yellow (partitioned non-smoking section) or red (smoking) color. Maybe also include an indexing option on your main directory page that will automatically jump you to a listing of ONLY smoke-free places.

I took a walk around Sanlitun and was able to cobble together a cursory, yet pretty impressive list of dining and drinking optons that are smoke free. (https://foursquare.com/zax2000/list/nonsmoking-beijing) It's really come to the point where I don't have to settle for places that will make my clothes smell like an ashtray when I go out at night.

Give the folks who are taking the leap into non-smoking status a little juice and you'll see things spread even faster, I think.

admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Thu, 01/09/2014 - 17:17

troublemaninbeijing wrote:
Looks like someone was fishing for some page views.

Give the people what they want, right?

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admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Thu, 01/09/2014 - 17:11

troublemaninbeijing wrote:
While cynics will point that enforcement is spotty, there's no dobut that progress has been made in this department over the past few years.

thanks for catching that typo

fixed now

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mtnerror's picture mtnerror Submitted by Guest on Thu, 01/09/2014 - 11:22

Except that they DO have trouble paying the bills. As noted before, subsidies are increasing despite increase in ridership numbers. Read this and open your eyes, Squid: http://beijingtoday.com.cn/2013/12/subway-slash-traffic-price-hike/. It's not a very long article so I trust you should be able to stomach it. Start saving your mao, Squid.

admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Thu, 01/09/2014 - 09:21

NoReservations wrote:

Is this news? Does anyone care what Lindsay Lohan is up to? 

Frankly I'd rather read about Dennis Rodman, but he's doing his shtick in Pyongyang, not Beijing.

We're a Beijing site

We're about lifestyle/entertainment

 

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