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2008 Beijing Olympic Games
A black spot on the Five FriendliesPosted by Joel Martinsen, August 19, 2006 10:20 PM
 Popular pandas. Black? Judging from depictions in popular culture, pandas have black tails to go along with black eyes, ears, and paws. Jingjing, one of the "Five Friendlies" mascots for the Beijing Olympics, adheres to this pattern. Unfortunately for Olympic organizers, pandas' tails come in only one color, white, according to The Beijing News, which did the legwork by contacting the Beijing Zoo to confirm what blog and forum commenters had suspected. Is this an embarrassing mistake that will confuse Olympics fans both at home and abroad?  Jingjing vs. a bored panda. And shoppers at Olympic merchandise shops haven't seemed to notice - they just think that Jingjing's pretty cute. Who cares if a panda's tail is black or white as long as it catches the consumer's eye? Links and Sources
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Comments on A black spot on the Five Friendlies
Beautiful tag line, Joel!
Anyone got any ideas of how to render that in Chinese so that a native speaker would immediately see the connection?
I've tried three or four different formulations, but my Chinese is bu tai hao.
wow. how cute are the pandas. i wanna see one in person.. hmm how i wish. ^^
What do you think about the claim on olympic mascotts intellectual property?
http://www.chinese-tools.com/beijing2008/keroro.html
Pure coincidence?
Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni Ya ! lol
http://bjimg.focus.cn/upload/photos/995/qbOT5lsb.jpg
Why you gotta be hatin' on JingJing?
It's annoying that people like you have to point out every single detail. JingJing is a fictional mascot! He's supposed to be cute, and I think pandas look cuter with fluffy black tails. JingJing would look so plain without it, since he's a doll.