Beijing Olympic Organizers Vow to Punish Online Spoof of Olympic Symbols – xinhua

From People’s Daily:

Fans of online pranks in China have taken a break from parodying big-budget Chinese movies to focus on the Olympic emblem, triggering anger and criticism from game organizers.

Internet users have transformed the emblem for the 2008 Beijing Olympic into signs for male and female public restrooms.

The original emblem, dubbed “Dancing Beijing”, shows a human figure in mid-stride, arms stretched out, and looks like the Chinese character “jing”, which means capital and forms half of the word “Beijing”.[Full Text]

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