Is tipping customary in China and the South Pacific?

I don't mean in the Americanized big hotels and international chain businesses. I mean in the thousands of authentic locally-owned businesses that cater to local people.

I have heard of waitresses in Australia running after departing customers to return to them the money they had left on the table.

In China, the government denounced the practice of tipping.

Since a barber in Australia or New Zealand considers himself your social equal, I hear he may even take offense if you offer him a tip, since tipping implies that a superior is giving it to a social inferior, so you are in effect calling him your servant if you give him a tip. You do not tip professionals such as doctors, airline flight attendants or military officers. You give handouts to homeless people on the street, not to your social equals.

Apparently the societies of the Western and South Pacific are more inclined to equality than America and Europe are. Has anybody had experiences to throw light on this?

NOT in China; don't know about S Pacific

....no tipping in china...they just cheat you for the extra dough

there is absolutely no tipping in china. the people in restaurants all ready get paid, therefore they don't expect to be tipped. maybe american restaurants could follow suit, what do you think, after all they are all ready getting for their jobs.

The story you heard happened to me in China during my first visit to China my girlfriend who is Chinese told me not to tip but I left some tip without her knowledge when we depart the restaurant (about 1 minute away) one of the waitresses running after us saying that we forget our money. LOL

Tipping is not expected in China. It is considered offensive in Japan.

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In most South Pacific places tipping is not customary or the normal
China it used to be seen as bribing, not so much any more but tipping is still not done

Tipping is by far the most American culture in the service industries around the world. Even the Europeans are no match. But that is due to the fact that the staff collects minimum wage or less and depends on the tip as the main income.
In Asia, most full service establishments will add a 10% service charge to the bill and tips beyond that are strictly at the disgretion of the customers. In China, tipping is generally not expected or forbiddened except for escorts and prostitudes.

Well when I went to China, in your bill, they charge you a service fee no matter what. But this is in relativity big restaurants. They very small food shops don't do this. And it isn't customary to give tips.

It is not common to tip in China. Its really a bad Western habit to tip. I have tred tipping in China but they just return the money or tell me, "Thank you" but they cannot accept it and these people make a lot less money than a lot of people in the States.

Its amazing how different the cultures are. In the US, if you don't tip, next time, they might spit in your glass of water.

No, don't need to tip in China but if you feel the waitress is really nice, you can leave some small token on the table (like RMB10 or 20).