What are your expectations for the Beijing Olympics?
If you are among the several million foreigners to come to China for the Olympics beware of the many planned pitfalls for you. And believe me they are planned, planned to pick your pocket. China is in need of hard currency despite what it says outside of China. And foreigners are their marks.

You can guaranteed that you will be charged 5 rmb instead of the 1 rmb the locals pay..........for anything, so know they will try to fleece you for at least five times what the locals pay. The taxi's will take the longest or most congested way to get to your destination. Anything to run up your taxi bill, then, they will plead ignorance but this is not the case. If you cannot speak the language guaranteed they will try to cheat you.

China has no ethics or morals so they and any, I repeat,ANY FOREIGNER is their target to cheat . In Tianjin they think themselves smart if they can get one extra rmb from you.In Tianjin they think cheating is good. They also think because they have the biggest population they are the best. They cannot except the fact that they may be 5000 years old but they are still an undeveloped country.

Expect the people here to be rude and crude as they have no manners or etiquette. Everyone is pushy and they do not respect the line, on the train, bus, subway, airport...........anywhere. Also note that you will be seeing
them go to bathroom on the street, in daylight or at night, they don't care.They also spit on the street and are constantly picking their nose . They pick their nose constantly because air pollution here is so bad that their nose plugs up quickly.

Expect to see them in the mud, the blood, and the beer. The men love to drink and fight. The northern women are the same way. They have no education so expect to settle their differences through fighting. The local police will stand by until it is all over then they will arrest both parties to fine both of them........money for them.

Expect corruption here. Money is paid to everybody under the table. That is why their system is totally broken. There is no rule of law here. The health system is in tatters and every system is corrupt.

Expect to see dirty, filthy streets.

This is no you expect to see but this is really what you will see.

There is much more but I will add to this topic.