US Olympic Tourists Warned About Monitoring

aux.link: US Olympic tourists warned about monitoring in hotels

"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."

Good point- don't expect any rights to security, privacy or otherwise while travelling in China. It's not our jurisdiction, and of no concern to them how you feel. One has to wonder how well this is going to go over with American tourists once they realize this. Personally, along with our eyes on the Tibeten chaos, I'm hoping for a full-on boycott to the point of cancellation so the free global community can give its vote of no confidence to the idiots at the IOC who chose Beijing for 2008. Sorry, athletes- nothing personal.