China Offers Olympics Visitors Tips

Organizers of the Beijing Olympics released their "Spectators' House Rules" today, aiming to keep order during the August Games as well as protect the hosts from embarrassing incidents, the London Times reports. For starters, babies are discouraged but not forbidden. Other dos and don'ts:

Permitted:

• Umbrellas ("In Beijing we prefer to avoid the sunlight," says an organizing committee official)
• Small quantities of lip gloss, fountain pens, and sunscreen

Not permitted:

• Banners, especially Tibetan flags
• The “f-word”
• Pets (service dogs are OK)
• Streaking
• Drunkenness

(Read more China stories.)