What does it tell the world that 95% Mainland Chinese say it's alright to pee in the streets and public?

As a Hong Konger I wonder why you post anti-mainlander questions like this on an international site. Most foreigners can't tell the difference between a mainlander and a Hong Konger. The mainlander's rude behavior hence just gets attributed too all Chinese people, so I guess it just only makes us look bad? To them we're all Chinese. I often get asked questions like "Isn't Hong Kong a part of China?".

Even the expats here never get why the stereotypical Hong Konger hates mainlanders. Have you ever read the South China Morning Post? They always say stuff like "Your ancestors were from the mainland too, so why hate mainlanders?". In their eyes, Hong Kongers are just intolerant and racist.

In regards to your question, the results are disappointing. Hopefully the results are not real or I'll be really worried. I saw little kids from the mainland urinating in the gutters twice before. Fortunately, I've never stumbled across anyone pooping in the public.

Of course, not ALL mainlanders are like that and we shouldn't stereotype all of them to approve of this. But seriously, mainlanders?

@Freely: Yes, this mindset of pooping in the public is a concern. I do agree that hygiene standards should be valued by people of all cultures as it is based on objective scientific evidence. Your own cultural viewpoint does not change the fact that excrements may spread diseases and present a threat to public health. So I guess the mainlanders couldn't run around complaining of cultural imperialism and intolerance.

It almost reminds me of the Middle Ages, where the plague spread really quickly as people were tossing out excrements onto the streets. I guess mainland China is a bit backward when it comes to this?

I do identify myself as Chinese in the English language, but I won't say "yes" when asked whether I'm from China or not. In regards to the Chinese language, I won't identify myself as 中國人.

Now why is that? Like I said, most foreigners have limited understanding of Asian affairs and view us all as Chinese. To them, Hong Kong is now a part of China, in a similar sense that West Germany reunited with East Germany. If I say that I don't want to be identified as Chinese, I will just be asked a lot of questions as to why is that. The foreigners will either 1) disagree with me and think of me as racist, 2) get really confused as they think that we are all Chinese and 3) know about the negative aspects of mainland Chinese behavior and attribute it to Hong Kongers in the future.

Oh, and my ancestors have been in Hong Kong for generations. Are you one of those Hong Kongers with immigrant grandparents that the SCMP talks about? Lol.

I'm just looking at this in a more objective light so that emotions arising from personal bias will not affect my point of view, and I think that we should all do this when looking at social and cultural issues.

I don't think we should discriminate against mainlanders, in the sense that you hate somebody just because they are from the mainland. Of course, rising property prices, too many mainland tourists, baby milk powder stocks running out are huge issues that affect us Hong Kongers in a very negative manner. The expats that wrote the articles in SCMP may have origins from countries with a lot of immigrants, but what they don't get is that Hong Kong is just a dot on the world map - the number of people here are way over the "carrying capacity" of this small piece of land and the mainlanders are making this much worse. In my opinion, the SCMP writers are ignorant of the fact that Hong Kong is much smaller by size than America, Canada, etc etc. I think that they are apathetic, but oh well, the readers of SCMP like reading about social justice in Hong Kong, despite the fact that they are foreigners too and will probably leave the city in a year or two.

I didn't include this in my original answer as you only mentioned the pooping issue in the question.

It tells me that 95% of the people who took the survey believe that the it's ok to pee in public. It could be that they don't fully understand the possible health risks associated with such actions.

In answer to JJ: This topic is related to "Inter-Provincial Travel within China", in that the exisiting rights and laws of HK residents are being challenged as the PRC Government is over-ruling them in favor of the Mainlanders' rude behavior. Let's avoid the alledged "obsession with urination and defecation" and just have the PRC Government designate YOUR home as a site for dumping their toxic waste. You wouldn't have any problem with that, or would you?

I suggest that HK hoist its own versions of the US Revolutionary flag "Don't Tread on Me" at its ports of entry, with a slight revision to the wording: "Don't Sh|t on Me" and "Don't Pee on Me", and begin handing out cards to all the incoming Mainlanders stating that "relieiving oneself on a public thoroughfare is subject to fines/immediate arrest under HK Law. Pooper Scoopers and Potty Pampers are available at minimum charge as an aide to those who believe they and their children have the right, while Guests here, to maintian the poor sanitary standards of stray dogs, as is habitual in their own home provinces."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag

That so called Hong Kong blogger may not know that from 1945-1970, Hong Kong parents also helped their kids pee in streets, let alone taxi scams, pickpockets, corruptions across the entire government departments that happened everywhere in Hong Kong.

When the economy of Hong Kong started picking up in 1970s, less and less kids were found peeing in streets..

It is a process of evolvement from a poor city to a more wealthy city, and such an evolvement also affects the culture and behaviors of people. I am sure that it also happens to many countries in the world.

You can ask Longliveabc to confirm my information.

I started this disgusting habit after I saw many foreigners peeing in public in alleys in Sanlitun in Beijing, after all the bars close, there is nowhere to pee, but obviously they had too much to drink, so they peed in the dark alleys, behind a wall, or next to a tree etc...then I followed their behaviors, I thought the whole world would accept such behaviors, I didn't know better then. I'm sure many Chinese are like me, just following those drunk foreigners' path...

also in china not so many perverts, in the US if any kid pees in public, can u imagine how many will video record all that then put on their own perverted website?

"A HK blogger said the glorious CCP's cannons are all made of pee/poo" - how clever of them , how witty - how old is he - 9 ???????

and what has this got to do with "Travel"?

You are abusing Y/A again with your weird obsession with urination & defecation

EDIT : firstly - it seems that chatting no longer violates terms of service

so a puerile comment such as ""A HK blogger said the glorious CCP's cannons are all made of pee/poo"" enriches the travel section ?????

I run my business in China - I am there every month .

There are so many things that appall me : the pickpocket rings on public transport run in cooperation with the police ; the totally disgraceful incompetence and corruption in Chinese public & private hospitals ; the taxis scams the counterfeit RM 100 bill scams etc etc all of which I raised n my posts

Obsessing with public urination and defecation is ignoring the serious problems which travelers face and makes his section look like a haven for little boys who cant grow up

"You wouldn't have any problem with that, or would you? " My home is not China - why suggest that

It means that 95% of people taking the survey think it's okay.

I live in New York and it's perfectly normal to pee in the streets.

i strongly doubt the survey

stray dogs...