Security checks on tourists during Olympics
Tourists visiting Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, site of the 1989 violent crackdown on student demonstrators, will have to pass through a security check, a government official said today.
The boost in security checks at the iconic square comes as more visitors arrive for the Olympic Games, said Jia Yingting, deputy director of the Tiananmen Square management committee. His comments were from a transcript of a news conference posted on the website of the Beijing International Media Centre.
