"Tipping is not a city in China" (1955?)

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TIPPING IS NOT A CITY IN CHINA--742 Google hits
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I don't know if Fred has this one.
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_http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2006/04/06/jing_fong_waite.php#comments_ 
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Leaving a tip is an interesting thing in Chinese culture - some people  leave 
smaller tips in line with 10% (whereas a server at a restaurant most  
anywhere else would sneer at that) but the reason may be that tips aren't left  in 
China. Have you noticed a different dynamic with tipping at Chinatown  
restaurants? And since we know it'll come, let's just get "Tipping is not a city  in 
China" out of the way.
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By Yolanda Marshall Tisdale. The Washington Post (1974-Current file). 
Washington, D.C.: Jan  17, 1980. p. DC2 (1 page) 
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The audience poured out into the lobby past the bar sign that read: Tipping  
is not a city in China.
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_Passport Hong Kong_ 
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by Andrew Grzeskowiak - Travel - 1955 - 96 pages
Page 85  - A Note on Tipping Some American restaurants and cafes have clever 
little  signs
by the cash register that read ‘Tipping is not a city in China.  ...
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_Winning at Slot Machines_ 
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by Jim Regan - Games - 1985 - 94 pages
Page 75 -  ... been overheard to say again and again, “Someone should tell 
these  folks it's
OK to say ‘please' and ‘thank you' and that tipping is not a  city in China! 
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