Don't talk about sex, salary and relegion in Beijing's courtesy campaign

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Etiquette during the Olympic Games is of course very important, because the Chinese want to make the perfect impression to foreigners. So etiquette-experts are already a long involved in all kind of training programs. So far hosts, volunteers, police, and other official employees on buses, trains, subway's, but also owners of restaurants, bars, clubs and so on where advised to avoid discussing politics and religion.

For three years or more, officials have been training residents to be on their best behaviour, launching drives against spitting, smoking and swearing and encouraging locals to form orderly queues.

But now new issues are added because the Chinese Government found out that the common habit of Chinese to ask you at the first meeting about your salary, your love live, your health and a few other questions that are normally very private. So these questions are also off limits during the Olympics.

The latest set of instructions of Beijings Courtesy Program is displayed on "Eight don't asks" posters. They urge residents who meet foreigners to avoid questions on their age, salary, love life, health, income, political views, religious beliefs or personal experiences.

It is normal for Chinese to ask people they just met such questions, but foreigners don't like that so much.so the government hopes that Beijing citizenms they will become more socially sensitive when they are communicating with visitors. See posters

One’s manners and bearing, and image should be graceful;
Be neither humble nor haughty, but at ease and self possessed;
Seek commonalities while reserving differences, have reason and integrity;
Adapt to others’ customs, respect ethical code;
Abide by agreements, adhere to promises;
Be enthusiastic in moderation, differentiate between insiders and outsiders;
Be appropriately modest, be affirmed in yourself;
Do not ask private questions, respect others’ customs;
Ladies first, be gentlemanly;
Seat honored guests on the right, and get along harmoniously.