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I agree. I went to China in 2002 with a group that was well approved by both the US and China. The one thing I missed getting a pic of was a very large placard by the sidewalk which had multiple, multiple of those circles with a slash through it and a picture behind each one. It is even illegal to spit on the sidewalk there. Of course when you think that there are 13 million people in such a small area, it would be a major health hazard you could understand it. But our bus driver almost hit a car and then almost had apoplexy. I have posted somewhere, maybe not on this forum, that the Chinese only think in terms of crime and punishment. I felt VERY safe while I was there. But I would not have wanted to get accused of a crime. If you are going to places like that don't go alone.
China is not North Korea, China welcomes US citizens and the Chinese authorities regularly overlook minor infractions that otherwise Chinese citizens would pay a "toll" for. China is certainly interesting but hardly (and presently) North Korea.