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Moving to China to Start the RevolutionSubmitted by Lance on Thu, 2008-05-01 02:58.
I nearly fell out of my chair when I read this. Beijing is to impose smoking ban The move is an attempt to discourage some of China's 350 million smokers and also part of wider efforts to clean up the city in the run up to the Olympics. For every three cigarettes lit worldwide, one is smoked in China. Almost 25% of the Chinese smoke. Smoking is also contributing to a rapid rise of cancer and heart disease in the world's most populous country. Enforcement team In Beijing, the smokers are everywhere - and it feels like it. But from Thursday, that may change. The city authorities will impose a ban on smoking in most public buildings. They say they are organising 100,000 existing employees to act as an enforcement team. The authorities had wanted restaurants and bars to be mostly smoke-free as well, but there was too much resistance.
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lol true, surely this and
lol true, surely this and banning spitting will cause a revolt against the party.
Stopping the Chinese from
Stopping the Chinese from smoking might just be the best way to start the counter-revolution.