Tomorrow yellow flowers from Pandemonium posted some photos of Funwa after the Olympics. ...full story at Global Voices
from Global Voices on Mon, Aug 25 2008
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| 21 Feb 08 |
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Fuwa commercial »
YouTube video Fuwa commercial
for Beijing Olympics 2008 :)
Names:
blue (water) - Beibei
black (wood) - Jingjing
red (fire) - Huanhuan
yellow (earth) - Yinyin
green (sky) - Nini
Song:
靠近一点点 (Lara) |
| 23 Jul 08 |
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The Fuwa That Were Not » China Journal In today’s WSJ, we report on the creative process that went into creating the Fuwa, the mascots for Beijing’s Olympics. The artist behind the Fuwa, Han Meilin, told us that his original vision for the creatures was five children, who could represent... |
| 24 Jul 08 |
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Watch, bag, DVD... Fuwa-bot? » Shanghaiist In more Olympics mascot merchandising news, look what we've just found. The perfect souvenir - a Fuwa action hero figure! But wait a minute — where's our favorite taxi driver Fuwa? Coming soon to a street corner near you. (h/t sinosplice) Photo fr... |
| 16 Aug 08 |
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Picture of the Day: Fuwa Takes a Spill » Ben's Blog Russia and Croatia played a hard fought game of basketball Tuesday morning, but nothing captivated the audience as much as this moment during the halftime show. As Ying Ying (the yellow Fuwa) was heading back to the locker room, he... |
| 14 Aug 08 |
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Am I the last person to know this? (Fuwa dept) » James Fallows We all know and love the Beijing Olympic mascots, the five Fuwa, right? And I've known they had names. Bei-Bei for one, I think. Maybe Pan-Da for the black and white Fuwa? I haven't been quite sure...It turns out, thanks to my wife the linguist, that... |
| 23 Jul 08 |
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China: Fuwatron Toy » Global Voices We've seen vampire Fuwas, life-size Fuwa robots, Fuwa-inspired soft porn, grannies dressed like Fuwas, even a supposed Fuwa curse and, now, a ripoff of the Transformers franchise. |
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