Why do Chinese from China always like to spit on the ground?

Question

i always have to avoid all the spits n saliva on the ground

isnt it very dirty ??

Answer 1

No idea, but from my experience in Beijing, Yantai and Weihai, they do like to spit on the ground. However, Beijing has a campaign to get people to try and stop ahead of the 2008 summer Olympics.

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Things are changing now in China. Less and less people are doing it as more and more get educated.

Answer 4

In Chinese medicine it is believed that it is unhealthy to swallow that spit - it has germs and bacteria and other bad things.  

In addition, most people wouldn't want to pay money to buy tissue paper to spit into (the peasants don't even use tissue paper in the bathroom) ... besides, you wouldn't want all that tissue paper going to the landfills (garbage dumps).

Yes, it is very dirty.  It also spreads disease.  But, most people are very slow to change habits - even if they are disgusting.