China Issues Guidelines for Visitors to the Olympics
The New York Times did a short piece on some of China’s suggested parameters for foreigners planning to attend the upcoming Olympic games.
Some of the key bits of guidance include:
“Do not bring any printed materials critical of China. Do not plan on holding any rallies or demonstrations in China. Do not think that you are guaranteed an entry visa because you hold tickets to an Olympic event. And do not even think about smuggling opium into China.”
At least that’s what the New York Times tells us. The rules are apparently posted on the Beijing Organizing Committee’s website, but only in Chinese. I don’t know whether to chuckle, or feel a bit discouraged by the fact that this advice, which is clearly just common sense, probably does need to be issued. Sigh…
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Smuggling opium *into* China? It gives you some perspective on the explosive growth of new industry in China just to hear them phrase it that way.
Otherwise, it’s more of the kind of advice needed only by people so clueless that evolution should probably eliminate them soon anyway.
Comment by JT — 2008.6.20 @ 16:55