The Chinese government has issued a 57-page document detailing how foreigners should behave IF they are allowed into China for the 2008 Summer Games. The document is titled “A Guide to Chinese Law for Foreigners Coming to, Leaving or Staying in China During the Olympics,” is currently only available in Chinese ( … ) and “covers everything from a ban on sleeping outdoors to the need for government permission to stage a protest.” This is all contingent on the idea, of course, that spectators can get visas allowing them into China. The document also points out that having tickets to an event does not guarantee being granted a visa.
So, Olympic Spectator Hopefuls…all you have to do is procure tickets to an Olympic event, hope you are granted admittance to the country, pay for airfare halfway around the world with current gas prices being what they are, and then make sure you can adhere to all the rules that are clearly outlined in a document currently only available in Chinese.
The rules also bar entry to smugglers, drug traffickers, prostitutes and those with “mental diseases” or contagious conditions.
Well, I’m out