Public buss could spark legal fuss, Beijing couples warned
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 | 11:29 AM ET
The Associated Press

Beijing couples who steal a kiss in public are being warned they could be caught on closed-circuit television — and suspected of committing a crime.
China’s Xinhua News Agency reports “intimate acts of lovers may be initially categorized as ‘kidnapping’ or ‘robbery’ by the computers, which are programmed to be sensitive to violations of safe distances.”
Police officers monitoring the cameras will decide whether the situation really is dangerous.
Signs will go up in August in areas covered by the cameras, saying in Chinese and English “you are entering a camera-monitored zone.”
Public displays of affection, and more, are common for young urban Chinese couples, who often have nowhere else to go because they share small apartments with their parents.
Closed-circuit cameras are becoming more common in Beijing, and Xinhua said that before the 2008 Olympics, the city plans to unify the monitoring of the cameras.
from: CBC

There are closed-circuit security cameras everywhere in China, much like the rest of the world. After reading the above I laughed.

I often attempt to grope my sweetie in our building’s elevator. She protests (as she rightfully should), swats me, and points at the camera embedded in the roof of old Otis.

Chinese security guards have a boring job. I think one guard is employed for every four residents in my property development. They don’t have a lot to do. My rationale behind the attempted groping is to liven up the day of the poor sod pulling a 12-hour shift watching 20 TV monitors. By giving him something to watch:

1. He will be briefly entertained/aroused/disgusted;
2. Hence, pay better attention to the CCTV monitors, looking for further possibly entertaining/arousing/disgusting behavior, instead of sleeping, drinking, or daydreaming. In the process he might discover a misdeed and foil dastardly crime, becoming a hero lauded by the masses. I’m altruistic, not a dirty old man.

I don’t think it’s working. And my arm is sore from the swats.