with that local police that is. Since I am not an official Chinese citizen and so is Audrey, by law we have to report to police letting them know where you live. If we were living in hotel, the hotel does it for us. Normally, we ignore this little law as no one really enforced it before; now with the Olympics, things are getting tight. We should do it so that we are not going to infringe the great national policy. The official reason for foreigner to be registered is to "protect foreigner's personal and property safety. And together to build a better visitation of this country.... blah blah blah..." right. And soon there will be a crack down of mandatory carrying ID for snap inspection. Right. In the capital city, b3!j!nG, there are reports of foreigners being harassed. It's coming. Some friends of ours had bought tickets for the "event" but sold them two weeks ago; not worth the hassle. Inside the venue, one cannot carry any backpack or have any drinks that are not from the official sponsors. Also, there will be a smoking ban inside the venue. Right. About 300,000 volunteers are being trained to carry out as the "anti-smoke" police. Let see how that goes.
In Shanghai here, don't see any harassment; probably we are downtown with all the major hotels with all the foreigners walking around. In the suburbs, not sure.
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