People’s Daily reports that inspection teams will be dispatched to airports, railway stations, places near Olympic venues and other public areas from July 11 until the end of the Olympics and Paralympics on September 17, to check on any unauthorized Olympic logos in ads. Electronic media and on-line ads will be also monitored. Violations will lead to fines or punishment, according to the Olympic intellectual property protection regulations said Chen Feng, a marketing official with the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games.
Also the organizing committee has widely publicized that no drinks other than those from the official Olympic soft drink sponsor Coca Cola, would be allowed at Olympic venues during the Games.
Meanwhile the China Times reports that Taiwan aborigines have been invited to perform at the Opening Ceremony of the Games. The ceremony on August 8 is to close with a three-minute performance by 100 Taiwan aboriginal singers and dancers.
Performances begin at six p.m. (1000 GMT) and end with the lighting of the Olympic torch at 1130 p.m. (1530 GMT) reports the China Times.
