Preparing for the influx of Olympic visitors, authorities in Beijing published posters on bulletin boards around the forbidden city counseling locals against a wide range of potentially awkward conversation topics with foreigners.
The authorities (actually, the Propaganda (!) department) issued a list of "eight don't asks":
- Don't ask about income or expenses,
- don't ask about age,
- don't ask about love life or marriage,
- don't ask about health, don't ask about someone's home or address,
- don't ask about personal experience,
- don't ask about religious beliefs or political views,
- don't ask what someone does
I wonder what's left to ask...The weather perhaps. And then there are probably so many "don't tells"
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