From the Fear and Loathing in Beijing Department of SPORTSbyBROOKS:

Beijing Olympic officials issued another set of edicts yesterday, just in time for us to finish our “Beijing manuals and edicts wallpaper” project in the bathroom. We made sure to put the extraordinarily lengthy list of mannerly matters for foreigners facing the toilet. First, it’s only in Chinese, so we’ll need time to practice our translation skills. (Useful for foreigners, no?)

(Hooray! The new rules and regulations on headwear have arrived!)

More importantly, though, it’s good readin’ and we had the taco pizza last night. So let’s all lean back, relax, and push out a steady stream of Chinese rules and regulations, shall we?

For example, did you know you shouldn’t smuggle opium into the country? Also, according to REUTERS:

“Entry would be banned to anyone who was intent on “subversion” upon arriving in China, those with mental illnesses and sexually transmitted diseases and people who wished to engage in prostitution, the rules read.”

It’s like they’re targeting sportswriters specifically! That’s patently unfair. (We’re kidding! We kid.)
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