Most hotel rooms I’ve stayed in have a mini-bar with Chinese characteristics, a cabinet full of instant noodles, single-servings of bai jiu, and condoms. It makes me wonder exactly what the staff thinks we want to do in the room.

Here’s a picture of what a hotel in Weifang provided for us:

But in the next year, all Beijing hotels will be required to provide their guests with condoms. How thoughtful!

Beijing, preparing to host the 2008 Olympics, has ordered hotels to provide condoms in all bedrooms in a bid to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS after cases of infection soared 54 percent in the first 10 months of this year.

Via Reuters