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US Olympic tourists warned about monitoring in hotels
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080321194857.j01ekw0w&show_article=1 ^

Posted on 03/21/2008 7:19:04 PM PDT by traumer

Americans traveling to China for the Olympic Games in August can expect their hotel rooms there to be monitored, the State Department warned on its website.

"All visitors should be aware that they have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public or private locations," according to the State Department site.

"All hotel rooms and offices are considered to be subject to on-site or remote technical monitoring at all times. Hotel rooms, residences and offices may be accessed at any time without the occupant's consent or knowledge," it said.

It added that many hotels and apartment buildings may be poorly built, lack emergency exits, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide monitors and basic security like locks, alarms, and personnel.

It also said that the threat of terrorism appeared to be minimal, but urged caution nonetheless.

"The threat level for terrorism against Americans in China remains low. However, any large-scale public event like the upcoming Olympic Games could become the focus of terrorist acts or other forms of violence," it said.

"There is no reason to believe that US citizens are being targeted at this time," it said.

It also said crime rates were relatively low, with major metropolitan areas safer than similar sized cities in other developing countries.

But "while the overall crime threat is low, the number of criminal incidents, including those directed against Americans, continues to rise," it added.

The Olympic Summer Games will take place from August 8-24, followed by the Beijing Paralympic Summer Games 2008 from September 6-17.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008olympics; china; olympics
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To: traumer

21 posted on 03/21/2008 7:40:34 PM PDT by cmsgop ( Spitzer .."Yes I Can" !!!!!!)
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To: BJungNan

That’s okay, there’s plenty of places in Europe and elsewhere I’ve yet to see where I need not worry about having my Bible confiscated from me when I pass customs.


22 posted on 03/21/2008 7:42:35 PM PDT by PeterFinn (I am not voting for McCain. No way, no how.)
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To: Moonman62
One has to wonder how they make all those babies without any privacy.

No wonder their 1-child policy succeed!

23 posted on 03/21/2008 7:43:02 PM PDT by paudio
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24 posted on 03/21/2008 7:43:59 PM PDT by traumer
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To: traumer
The Olympic Summer Games will take place from August 8-24, followed by the Beijing Paralympic Summer Games 2008 from September 6-17.

Gee... I hope its not the same athletes...

25 posted on 03/21/2008 7:45:08 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: traumer

The worst problem we experience was the concept of service. There wasn’t any. We did three-star hotels in Shanghai and Beijing. If we had a problem or questions the personnel seemed as if we were annoying them. We had to seek information outside the hotel.


26 posted on 03/21/2008 7:46:38 PM PDT by purpleraine
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald

Too many athletes have worked too hard to get to the Olympics … they will go. We had a chance to learn a critical lesson the last time we boycotted the Olympics (1980 (?)). (Didn’t accomplish anything.)

Most athletes only get one shot and I doubt that any would want to bypass a chance at world fame and to achieve their lifelong (hard earned) goals. Boycott, in my opinion, is not going to happen. ;-)


27 posted on 03/21/2008 7:47:44 PM PDT by doc1019 (God is in control ... not Global Warming.)
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To: traumer

LOL


28 posted on 03/21/2008 7:56:27 PM PDT by nuconvert (There are bad people in the pistachio business.)
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To: Moonman62
One has to wonder how they make all those babies without any privacy.

The concept of privacy has a different meaning in different places. In a densly populated country like China, there is privacy in the anonymity of crowds. Chinese are rather famous for not expressing their emotions, because to hide one's emotions is an act of privacy to them. They are astonished sometimes at how expressive Americans are, to them our openness violates their privacy.

29 posted on 03/21/2008 7:57:03 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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30 posted on 03/21/2008 7:57:56 PM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: doc1019
Looking forward for the MARATHON....
31 posted on 03/21/2008 7:59:38 PM PDT by traumer
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To: BJungNan
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32 posted on 03/21/2008 8:00:00 PM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: traumer
Hidden cameras:

33 posted on 03/21/2008 8:01:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BJungNan
RE: # 13:

You mean I've been doing it all wrong all my life?

34 posted on 03/21/2008 8:01:41 PM PDT by Revolting cat! ("I am like...Dude......do you really....like want the Sex?")
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To: traumer
That sign could apply to both Rat candidates for President this year.
35 posted on 03/21/2008 8:02:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Cobra64

Caution! Sidewalk has a stupid signpost right in the middle of it, just when it turns from concrete to grass.


36 posted on 03/21/2008 8:02:57 PM PDT by coloradan (The US is becoming a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: BJungNan

That’s a racist sign. The green person is sitting down correctly.


37 posted on 03/21/2008 8:03:02 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: traumer

One covert missionary couple . . . teaching at a univ . . .

at night . . . in bed . . . the wife whispered lovingly to hubby that she was pregnant.

The next morning, the wife of the security official for the univ congratulated her on passing her on the sidewalk on campus. No one else had been told.


38 posted on 03/21/2008 8:04:25 PM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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39 posted on 03/21/2008 8:04:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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MADE IN CHINA POTTERY STAMP

(Please FReepmail me if you would like to be on or off of the list.)
40 posted on 03/21/2008 8:05:53 PM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
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