A more polite Beijing

We must have taken many bus trips in Beijing during the Olympics. On every bus trip, there is always someone who gave up his/her seats for Kristine and Kimberley. Always! On Friday evening, we took subway back home from Wangfujing. The subway station is a long walking distance away so we queued for a taxi. When the next taxi arrived, the two young ladies in front of us in the queue told Grace to take their taxi, saying 'you have young children, you go first 你们有小孩子，你们先走'.

The subway fare here is a standard RMB2 per adult anywhere within the Beijing subway system. Accompanying child under 1.2m travels free. ALL passengers must surrender bags and backpacks through an Xray scanner upon entering a subway station. A pocket knife attracts a mandatory 5 days detention.

Civility is seeping into Beijing. I hope it floods after the Olympics.