Our local neighborhood grannies came knocking on my door this week to make sure I have a copy of the Olympic Legal Handbook. So forget about getting around the city on your skateboard this summer--according to the handbook, skateboarding on the street is now illegal, along with a host of other activities like hanging clothes outside your window and dumping garbage in the gutter. If all goes as planned it will take just six short weeks to clean-up Beijing so it makes Singapore look like Sin City.

The handbook's five chapters include: Olympic IPR protection, Sports Law and Maintaining Order at the Games, Traffic Laws, Maintaining Order in the City, and the History of Olympic Games.

Here are my favorites do's and don't in the handbook...well, mostly don'ts actually:



DON'T

1. use skateboards or roller skates or any other things that glide.
2. sit, hangout or frolic on a car or bicycle lane.
3. chase or throw things at a vehicle.
4. climb a fence, sit on a fence, climb on or try to stop a vehicle.

行人在道路上不得有下列行为：
１在道路上使用滑板、旱冰鞋等滑行工具
２在车行道内坐卧、停留、嬉闹
３追车、抛物击车等妨碍道路交通安全的行为
４行人不得跨越、倚坐道路隔离设施。不得扒车、强行拦车或者实施妨碍道路交通安全的其他行为。



It is forbidden to hang things outside the windows or balconies that are below the standard view. It is forbidden to to pile things in the corridors or on top of buildings. Things piled up on balconies must not be higher than the fence.

主要街道两侧和重点地区的建筑物的顶部、阳台外和窗外不得设置不符合容貌景观标准的设施，不得吊挂、晾晒和摆放物品。建筑物的顶部、外走廊等应当保持整洁、无堆物堆料。平台、阳台内堆放的物品须保持整洁，不得超出护栏的高度。



It is forbidden to dump restaurant garbage in rain gutters, sewage conduits, rivers, public restrooms or dumpsters.

不得将餐厨垃圾排入雨水、污水排水管道、河道、公共厕所，也不得与其他垃圾混倒。



It is forbidden for anyone to use the Olympic images without permission for commercial interests or potential commercial interests.

未经奥林匹克标志权利人许可，任何人不得以商业目的（含潜在商业目的）使用奥林匹克标志。



The Administration Bureau for Industry and Commerce has the rights to seize or confiscate any goods, once proven to be violating Olympic IPR.

工商行政管理部门有权对有证据证明是侵犯奥林匹克标志专有权的物品，予以查封或扣押。

The handbook also listed activities that will be fined during the Olympics: Attacking athletes, referees or any staff member -- 500RMB maximum;
Throwing things into the stadium -- 500RMB maximum;
Sticking up posters in public places or giving out flyers without permission -- 10,000RMB maximum;
Organizing people to stick up posters or give out flyers -- 500,000RMB maximum.

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