The most emailed article on nytimes.com the past couple of days was the article on Beijing’ seemingly Sisyphean effort on chinglish, queuing, and spitting in time for the 2008 Olympics. The city is on a rampage to educate folks about changing these bad habits, even going as far as designating an official “Queuing Day.” The efforts are indeed earnest, but these are the sort of habits that have been practiced for generations and are hard to break in just one year.
