Posts Tagged ‘smoking’

Smoking In China - A Perfect Example

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Smoking in China
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This is follow up to my previous post on smoking in China. I just want to highlight a related experience we just had.

Two days after my previous post, a stranger visited our house to look at something we were selling. No sooner than he’d walked in, did he produce a cigarette packet and offer me one. I refused automatically, using wo bu chou this time. He nodded and said something like “oh, bu chou, bu chou, okay” and proceeded to light up. (more…)

Smoking In China

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Smoking In China
Image Source: A smoke after..License

There have been lots of news stories about smoking in China lately. That’s not surprising because smoking plays a very large part in Chinese life. (more…)