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Nascent Drama

Umbrellas are a common sight in Beijing during August, acting as parasols on the rare days of bright sunshine and protection from the relatively frequent downpours.
 
The other change from the regulations for the Athens, Huang said, was the ban on large numbers of coins, which is not relevant in Beijing where paper money predominates.
 
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Police in northern China have warned of a series of Olympic-related scams, from people offering mobile phones capable of receiving Games coverage, to others dressing up as officials on fund-raising missions.
 
The scams were "becoming more numerous and diverse by the day", public security officials in northern Shanxi province said in comments published in local media on Monday.
 
Apart from run-of-the-mill confidence tricks from people selling pirated Olympic coins, gold bricks and other merchandise, police had heard reports of offers to arrange "Olympic securities and funds" through back-door connections, the Beijing News said, citing the Shanxi Public Security Bureau.
 
One imaginative scheme, in a list of nine of the most commonly reported stings, involved a scam to sell Olympic medals supposedly missing after a warehouse blaze, and in exchange the buyers could turn them into the government for "a high price".
 
Another sought to extract fees from people who had been selected to receive "special training" to act as journalists during the sporting event, the paper said.
 
Beijing has tried in vain to stamp out Olympic scams ranging from bogus websites offering Games tickets and other swindles awarding "Olympic prizes" sent by text message to mobile phones.
 
Authorities in November jailed a man for three years for pretending to be an Olympic official and taking 50,000 yuan (3,700 pounds) from a woman he had promised opening ceremony tickets.
 
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