No Blacks, Mongolians Allowed At Beijing Bars: Report

Hong Kong's English newspaper The South China Morning Post reported Friday that Chinese authorities have issued a secret ban on blacks, Mongolians and other "social undesirables" from Beijing's bars during the Olympics.

As the content on South China Morning Post's site is for subscribers only, here is an excerpt of the article c/o the Beijing drinking blog Beijing Boyce:

Beijing authorities are secretly planning to ban black people and others it considers social undesirables from entering the city's bars during the Olympic Games, a move that would contradict the official slogan, "One World, One Dream".

Bar owners near the Workers' Stadium in central Beijing say they have been forced by Public Security Bureau officials to sign pledges agreeing not to let black people enter their premises....

Security officials are targeting Sanlitun, which Olympic organisers expect to be a key destination for foreign tourists looking for a party during the Games.

The pledges that Sanlitun bar owners had been instructed to sign agreed to stop a variety of activities in their establishments, including dancing and serving customers with black skin, they said.

China's preeminent English-language media analysis site Danwei didn't lend credence to the SMCP report, calling the high-level ban "unlikely." However Jeremy Goldkorn writes on Danwei that "it is highly plausible that some low level cops have issued such instructions, especially with the current state of high alert in Beijing making officials and government agencies paranoid and very nervous about foreigners."

Further investigation by Beijing Boyce, who interviewed Beijing bar owners on the alleged ban, found that low-level Beijing cops have been visiting the capital city's watering holes and warning owners and employees to keep their eye on black patrons. According to an update Saturday on Beijing Boyce:

An owner said police met with Sanlitun bar reps and told them to monitor black patrons. He said the police told the reps that drug dealers are predominantly black in the area. He said the police did not ask bar owners to ban blacks.

Comments

[splott]

This is really going to really piss off my Kenyan mate Stephen who is teaching in Inner Mongolia.

[Manuel]

I guess Mongol won't be on any movie house marquees then.

Manuel

[Theda]

"Mongol" is a fantastic film. Go see it. The early life of Genghis Khan, beautiful cinematography.

[dpiyjrtmfr]

I am starting to understand more and more why Georgie and China are BFF.

I don´t understand why China got the Olympics in the first place. They have such a horrible human rights record. What we have seen over the last few months has done nothing to change our minds about their human rights violations.

[SgtLucifer]

The Chinese Jesse Helms are now running the Olympics. What a shame!

[gloriar8]

That's funny. Back in the 70's I used to buy all my dope from white guys. These people really piss me off.

[mindlessmissy]

Wow ...

[ChiGuy]

Disgusting.

[heyjoe]

Who the hell do they think they are...Amer­icans?

[JGxHitzert]

If they were abusing Turks and Romany we would know they were Europeans.

[megacephalus2]

if you lived in EU rabia you know why, and if you or your friends had been panhandled endlessly as a dodge for theft you'd understand why the Gypsies as less than loved...

QED

[mick7191]

Mongolians and blacks. Still pissed about Genghis Khan. And what did Africa do? Talk about long memories. Them Chinese are a class act. How much do we owe them?

[thepoliticalcat]

The entire country three times over, at last count. Thanks to Jor Jee and his pet war.

[IQ]

Those wonderful folks at The New Yorker and their high-minded 'Satire'. I just can't get enough!!!
Last week it's Michelle and Barack Obama. This week ALL Black People.
I did not know that The New Yorker had a bureau in Hong Kong..

[jkb246]

Hopefully this is the first and last time China gets an olympic games. I think it's going to be a disaster. NO i know its going to be a disaster.

[Ibackobama]

"An owner said police met with Sanlitun bar reps and told them to monitor black patrons. He said the police told the reps that drug dealers are predominantly black in the area."

Will this never end! We are now being banned in China??

[TNT2008]

Let China be "like toilet paper wiping up the rear"....w­ho needs them anyway! I want you here and this is the USA so screw the backward countries and people who hate! Take is from where it comes.

Obama2008

[Birdman]

Care to provide a legitimate link about this comment?

[megacephalus2]

please remember that the current regime in the US has sold this country to China and the US is running its war on the overdrawn credit card from the Bank of China! Please be respectful of your new owners! QED

[johnnyvento]

This could be the worst Olympics off all time. Right up there with Munich.

[devinsbuddy]

I still have not figured out why Beijing got the Olympics in the first place! It's a filthy hell hole and human rights are non-existent!

[neurolux]

Between the racism, the censorship, and the air pollution, this olympics is gearing up to be a great fiasco. I can't wait to watch it on TV.