Actor Jackie Chan says it’s time China got tough about upholding the law. The actor comes regularly in the news for his remarks, his frequent advertising stunts and even being seen using a military car.
At least here Jackie Chan is right (he made a similar remark years ago that I quote in my seminars). As Chinese people generally speaking have zero respect for laws and regulations, only enforcement works. Singapore, with all its ethnic Chinese had no choice either and became a police state. As I explain to first-time visitors to Beijing, if you want to understand Chinese mentality, forget Confucius. Stand at a traffic intersection, see how people have no regard for anything. Including throwing trash through their car windows.
Beijing has a new law prohibiting smoking in restaurants. While most foreign-managed restaurants respect the regulation, just walk into most other bars and restaurants where Chinese smoke as much as before.