Spitting could leave poor with nowhere to live

GUANGZHOU: The poor could be booted out of government subsidized housing for frequent spitting under a draft plan being considered in Guangdong province.

The Guangzhou land resources and housing management bureau said that tenancy would be terminated if the tenant recorded too many "misdeeds" within a two-year period.

Under the draft punishment plan, believed to be the first of its kind on the Chinese mainland and resembling a marking plan in Hong Kong, misdeeds include spitting, littering and parking outside designated areas.