http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Yingying Posts tagged with 'Yingying' at MetaFilter. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:30:52 -0800 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:30:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/63684/One%2DWorld%2DOne%2DDream%2DFour%2DMascots <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/world/asia/07china.html?ex=1344139200&amp;en=beb595a54da55f85&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss">China Praises Its Progress Toward Olympics.</a> With <a href=http://en.beijing2008.cn/1year/officialcampaign/s214118819/n214123346.shtml>one year to go</a> before the <a href=http://en.beijing2008.cn/>2008 Olympics</a>, China still has many challenges ahead, like dealing with Beijing's terrible <a href=http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/15-08/ff_pollution>air pollution</a>. There is still much criticism over China's record on <a href=http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA170242007>human rights</a> and <a href=http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=174>freedom of the press</a>, and some <a href=http://beijingwideopen.org/2007/08/07/free-tibet-on-the-great-wall/>protests</a>. But perhaps the most embarrassing public relations setback is that one of the official <a href=http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/beijing2008/graphic/n214068254.shtml>mascots</a>, <a href=http://yingsel2008.com/>Yingsel</a> (aka <a href=http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/symbols/mascots/n214068234.shtml>Yingying</a>) the <a href=http://www.earthisland.org/tpp/chirufacts.htm>Tibetan</a> <a href=http://www.kekexili.com/english/chiru.htm>Antelope</a>, has <a href=http://studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?id=1036>defected from China's Olympic team</a> and gone underground to <a href=http://yingsel2008.com/2007/05/08/yingsels-statement/>campaign</a> for a <a href=http://www.savetibet.org/>free Tibet</a>. <small>[Some links via <a href=http://boingboing.net/>BB</a> and <a href=http://monkeyfilter.com/>MoFi</a>.]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63684 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:30:52 -0800 Activism China Chiru Environment Freedom HumanRights Journalism Olympics Politics PressFreedom Protest Sports Tibet Yingsel Yingying homunculus