All you pinko liberals who idolize the socialist States please take
note.
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Beijing 2008: bars forbidden to serve "blacks" and Mongolians, outdoor
tables banned
Many bans and restrictions, with serious inconveniences for the
population. The first "leaks" on the grandiose inauguration on August
8, with an unprecedented fireworks display.

Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) - For "reasons of safety", bars are
forbidden to serve "blacks"" and Mongolians or place tables in the
street. Street musicians are being banned, and so is buying medicines
containing "stimulants" without a prescription. Prohibitions are on
the rise for the Olympic capital, while the first leaks reveal a
grandiose fireworks display for the inauguration.

Bar owners around the Workers' Stadium in downtown Beijing say that
public security officials are telling them not to let in "blacks" and
Mongolians, and many of them have even had to sign a pledge. The
official reason is the fight against drugs and prostitution, dominated
in the past by Mongolians and persons of colour. Moreover, public
places must close by 2 a.m., for security reasons, and the bar owners
are being asked to remind their clients that they must always have an
identification document with them. There is even doubt over whether
the bars within a radius of two kilometres from the Olympic buildings
will be able operate, or whether they will have to shut down for the
entire period. In some areas, tables are not permitted outside,
because "the presence of too many foreigners gathered outside could
create problems". There is also an attempt to shut down outdoor
musical concerts, to prevent disorder.

Jazz musician David Mitchell says that it is increasingly difficult
for his band to find places to play in Beijing "Everything is aimed at
creating stability, but they don't understand that is precisely the
unfounded prejudice that foreigners have of Chinese society - that it
is a highly controlled and not a very cultural place. It seems
completely self-defeating".

To guarantee a "clean" Olympics, a doctor's prescription is now
required for 1,993 commonly used medicines, or the package must show a
warning that the product contains substances believed to be
stimulating and not permitted for the athletes. One must go to a
hospital to get a prescription, but many of the hospitals ask for as
much as 100 yuan for each prescription, causing problems for the
elderly and the poor most of all.

Meanwhile, as of July 20 a new regulation will go into effect
prohibiting everyday circulation for millions of vehicles, but the
three new underground lines are not yet working, and Zhou Zhengyu,
deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Committee of Communications,
is unable to say when they will be opened.

But the inauguration on August 8 will be very well prepared. The
programme is "secret", but it is hard to hide a fireworks display, and
those who live near the Bird's Nest stadium and have seen the trial
runs say they are impressed. The director Zhang Yimou has been
preparing the show for three years with artists from all over the
world: there was a general rehearsal on July 10, with hundreds of
police standing guard to guarantee secrecy.

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