The Fuwa of Our Discontent
The Weekly Standard's Jaime Sneider misses a broader point, as he insists on making a very un-cute, bigoted slur against Chinese cartoons, that the 2008 Beijing Olympics mascots, or fuwa, just are not spreading Olympic spirit in a PRC beset by plagues and protests.
But while the Fuwa are ubiquitous, that doesn't mean they're universally liked. A nationwide survey taken by Nielsen Co. in late June found that 60% of Chinese liked the characters, while 40% were indifferent or disliked them -- a high negative response in a society that prizes consensus. After a string of natural disasters, some Chinese have lately taken to calling them Wuwa, Chinese for «witch dolls,» and online Fuwa criticism frequently has been censored.
And, really, instead of amateur aesthetic criticism (with populist undertones), why not just go for full-blown criticism of the Olympic movement?
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