BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned its already tightly controlled media on Wednesday that the government would not tolerate "obscene, sexual, superstitious or base" advertisements over the Olympic period which may embarrass the country. "Advertising companies have a responsibility to society for propaganda and showing the country's image. Order in the Olympic advertising market directly connects to the national image," the government said in a statement on its website Banned advertisements included those for products which claim to increase sexual potency of the performance of sexual organs, and for cigarettes, it added. Instead, advertisers should concentrate on the Beijing Olympics' main themes, such as the "green Olympics" and the "cultured Olympics", the statement said. Special care should be paid to advertisements which...
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