I am a Chinese gril.I'm sorry my English is very poor.But I think you-all can understand what my say.Because you are acumen.
The old man and the old woman came through"three nature disater" in 1959-1961.They're without food and clothing.Now they are rich,but you have poor custom.

yd.zhuang, nanning, china

Much of this is ridiculous. There is nothing obscene about a man with rolled-up trousers or a bare chest, and there is nothing abnormal about a woman showing her knees and not wearing makeup (when's the last time you saw a Chinese woman with eyebrows or lashes too pale to be seen without it?).

Lynn Gold, Mountain View, CA, USA

They want to introduce a few for visiting American tourists too - don't wear sandals with socks, eat in local restaurants and not McDonald's, don't think that shouting in English is the same as talking normally in Chinese and try interacting with people instead of constantly filming them

Mr R Spandit, New York, US

I am a Chinese. I am sure the report from Jane Macartney is not an 'order' from the government. Chinese people don't need this kind of 'order' and the government would not do this stupid thing. From her translation, I can see that so-called order is from a easy-understanding poem to remind people.

Lp.wen, edinburgh, uk

What an obscene display of nationalism, and commercialism the Olympics has become, and what an excuse this time for China to pretend it is not a centralised tyranny out-rivalling the Chinese Dynasties of long ago!! Sport? This has little to do with Sport, and everything to do with global power.

Paul Freeman, London, England

If only the British Government would issue similar advice to the Brits. Some of the sights I've seen here make you feel ill - including the fashion for the exposure of horrible veiny, hairy male legs every summer (in the City too!) and beachwear worn by both sexes everywhere you go.

Belinda, London, UK

I'll believe the Chinese when they release that guy who is in jail for protesting on the Net against the corruption involved in the building of the schools that collapsed durign the recent earthquake.

Kevin Straw, Leicester,

Perhaps our citizens could do with some advice about covering up and decorum?

Mary, Slamannan, Falkirk

Hmmm... I hope they won't be too disappointed by the likely degree of unkemptness of their visitors.

Ella, London,

I applaud the government in educating the locals on how to receive westerners but come on, fashion advice?? And fighting over the bill? This is a customary sign of giving face and respect!

jeannette, montreal, Canada

Governments shouldn't tell their people to tidy up because "The Jones' are coming over".

Graham, Ashbourne, Ireland

The lament happens after the old things are disposed of. Take foreign language travel books. Don't they all give you the feeling of tremendous loss in their writing of Beijing's demolished hutong? Why then applaud the move to a same culture practice? Why visit China then?

Hao Ren, Singapore, Singapore

I know a few people who need these rules in the US. How about not hawking in the first place. No spitting out bones at dinner. No conversation about weight and income as Chinese love to do. How about no speaking loudly at dinner!

John Stefano, Toronto, ON, Canada

This is one of the excellent side effects of the Olympics. It encourages good behavior. Kind of like if every house in a neighborhood hosted a revolving monthly party, there would be more incentive for the less civilized households to shape up and be presentable, increasing the overall quality.

shawn, Sacramento, USA

Why do foreigners look for places off the beaten track? Is it not to look for the real culture of the place that is already lost in the cities? Should China react to the pressure from the Western world to conform to their standards? People who think so should keep their visits to those countries.

Hao Ren, Singapore, Singapore

they should tell fat people not to wear horizontal stripes in the U.S., where it is more applicable anyway.

Sarah, Houston, U.S.A.

this is great, they should tell fat people not to wear horizontal stripes in the U.S. too (where it probably applies more). Actually they should rules regarding cleavage in the U.S. while they're at it. :)

Sara, Houston, Texas

Perhaps this also highlights a tendency we in the West have, to look down our noses and sneer at others in ways that are unhelpful also?

Greg, Wollongong, Australia

Sure, spitting and pushing in the queue is extemely anti-social. But telling people what to wear, how to wear it, such as colour co-ordination and hair length, is really going too far.
I lived in China for a long time and I love the Chinese people and hope the Olympic Games are a great success.

Marco, Bkk, Thailand

The Chinese people should be proud of these guidelines, good on them! Quite why a few Chinese feel they are under attack demonstrates that it is they that don't understand the western media, not the other way around.

Bruce, Lowestoft, UK

Dear Chinese friends:

The article criticize does not criticize the rules. It describes some social changes which the Olympics have brought. Some of the content is of interest to Westerners because it shows cultural differences. Unlike some other actions, this program will improve China's image.

James, Shanghai,

I would prefer garlic breath, spit on the sidewalk, and tasteless clothes, any day, over fashion advice from ruthless military police. This government will harvest the organs of political prisoners, and they care what color of socks you wear. If you care what I think, consider me a libertarian.

Andrew, Beamont, California, US

I congratulate the Chinese people for recieveing their guests with arms wide open. A polite and friendly people, who know the importance of laughing and having fun!

I for one deeply regret I cannot attend to the Olympics this Summer.

Alex, London,

That's just kind of "suggestion", we Chinese know better than you reporters how to deal with that. Foreign reporters can not understand China well. We live very happy here. DO NOT show you pity on us, pretending to be more civilized than we Chinese. That makes me sick.

Won, Shenzhen, China

I wonder what the Chinese think when they come to the States and see our young people skulking around with their pants so low their crack is showing, or the girls with their belly buttons bared and their jeans so tight the whole world is their gynecologist?

Jeff, Sioux Falls, USA

what's wrong with those just "advices"? if you don't like, never come here-Beijing.

fiona, fefei,

Chinese mainland 'social etiquette' indeed needs a serious reparation. I personally think it is a communist behavior, since I also encounter the same 'nasty' etiquette among the Russian for instance. And they just dont know that they are being rude. It is good that the government tell them that now.

JD, Oakland, USA

what's wrong with the advices? To keep the city clean,beautiful, and comfortable for both the citizens and westerners is wrong? i am really puzzled.

zhouhao, hefei,

I'm a Chinese and living in Beijing. And I haven't got such booklet! Maybe there is, however, everything listed there is just a advice! They are not enforced! All are for making foreigners feeling comfortable and happy while staying here. You should be happy that you are treated as VIP guest here.

Megan, Beijing, China

as funny as it is, they do need these lessons, it is not about east vs west, it is just plain good social behaviour. Not spitting fighting shouting etc is basic etiquette

david, nanjing,

The Western world should relaize they are entering an Eastern country with Eastern habits. If you don't like what you see then go home! What happened to: as in Rome, do as the Romans do!!! Feel free to spit wherever you like.

It's a FREE world, isn't it?

F. Burdett, Cleveland Qld, Australia

Too funny. Reminds me of something you might read in the 1950's. I especially enjoyed the line :“Clothes should not be too small, otherwise this makes people feel you are unreliable.”

I hope the Chinese people enjoy the games!

Catherine, Atlanta, USA

As a tourist I would like to see how the people of that country actually live not how the authorities would like them to live. I would also like to see the authorities try and get Australians to do these things. You would see people doing the exact opposite.

Woofa, Cairns, Australia

I just dont want to see a mad guy getting drunk in a street of London or on a train from York to London in 2012

Ran, York, UK

As with all "rules of face", people will simply ignore these and continue with their lives as per normal. Why u think there's still phlegm on the streets? When you see authority approaching, pull down your pant legs / put on a shirt,when they are gone, return to as you were- all with a naughty smile

Jay, Shanghai,

white socks with black shoes? affection in public? Come. On.
That's nazi-like

Kay, Sydney, Australia

Now how about leaving behind the Internet sites, going out and getting some of those many positive and uplifting stories in the streets of a great and vibrant city with normal people like you and me? Tell us something about this country we do not know and prove you are as open-minded as you claim.

Jay, Shanghai,

strange that it doesn't mention anything about the endemic fug of cigarette smoke...if they stopped all the beijing men from smoking that would probably cure the pollution problem in one stroke!!!

stephen, china, china

what a good idea for London Paris and Berlin,should they not smarten up there too,actually I like that chap sitting without a shirt infront of his house

maoltn, shanghai, china

Can we have these rules implemented in the English-speaking countries, please?

bob, melbourne, australia