Frustrated with the Chinese football team performance in the Olympics, Chinese netizens changed the lyrics of “Beijing welcome you” into “Chinese football team welcome you” and uploaded the music videos onto youtube. ...full story at Global Voices
from Global Voices on Fri, Aug 15 2008
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