Tightened Security

With the Olympics only a week away the Chinese have beefed up security measures - even as far away as Shanghai. Guards have been posted around the high rise building I work in and police have set up mobile checkpoints along the streets and are stopping cars for ID checks. Of course, much of this security is quite shallow. For example, the guards around our building are obviously untrained and as long as someone ignores the signs directing people to stop for an ID check the guards don't challenge them. Anyone that lives in China knows that most people ignore signs.