> Citizens are tracked for every jaywalking incident, points are deducted for buying too much alcohol
The first time I visited China I was under 21 but I had heard the drinking age was 18 so I went to a convenience store to buy a beer. Person running the till was probably 12 and didn’t say a word or ask for ID. Unbelievably lax compared to the US sometimes.
I generally think it’s easier and more effective to track the outputs rather than the inputs: you don’t need to track how many beers they buy, just outlaw public intoxication. And enforce that law.
I am not Chinese, my wife is though.
I think, at least from my interpretation of it from being in China and having Chinese family, that something like underage drinking is seen more as a family issue, than a legal issue. What stops the 16 year old from drinking? The fact that their friends / family will see them being drunk, and think less of the person and their family. A 16 year old being drunk in public is family issue. Sure, the cops will intervene at some point, but China has very little drunken / raucous public behavior than the west does.
> but China has very little drunken / raucous public behavior than the west does
they were big on the opium, as I recall
> they were big on the opium, as I recall
That's what happens when you get systematically manipulated by the biggest empire in the world smuggling in illegal drugs...
And then people wonder why China is antagonistic towards the west.
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> points are deducted for buying too much alcohol
What if I want to buy copious amounts for a party? Or there was a discount so you want to stock up? This seems a bit shortsighted, it is not always the case that if you buy something then you need to consume it right away.