This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All posts
From Flickr user Matthew J. Stinson: “My favorite graffiti here depicts one of the Fuwa as a graffiti artist. It was added about a month ago.”
Martin J Frid from Kurashi reports on a discussion on the projected peak oil crisis and the example of Ogawa organic farming project in prepare for the future.
Photographer Damoncoulter presents some pictures of the Secondhand Book Fair in Shimbashi (Tokyo).
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curse of the Fuwa. Revenge of the Fuwa!
JK is son of a bitch
Oh…Little FUWAS need a lot of love and caring by others. They have their feelings too. :-)
telegraph.co.uk
“…the five official Olympic mascots, which are known as Fuwa, or “good luck dolls”, in Chinese, have now acquired a far more sinister reputation”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2168554/Beijing-Olympic-Fuwa-mascots-%27have-cursed%27-China-in-unlucky-2008.html?service=print
telegraph.co.uk
“…the five official Olympic mascots, which are known as Fuwa, or “good luck dolls”, in Chinese, have now acquired a far more sinister reputation”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2168554/Beijing-Olympic-Fuwa-mascots-%27have-cursed%27-China-in-unlucky-2008.html?service=print
“Olympic mascots, which are known as Fuwa, or “good luck dolls”, in Chinese, have now acquired a far more sinister reputation.”
http://telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2168554/Beijing-Olympic-Fuwa-mascots-%27have-cursed%27-China-in-unlucky-2008.html?service=print
so weird but true