Olympic Mascots

In Tiananmen Square they've got a countdown to the Olympics and huge models of the mascots - Beibei (the fish), Yingying (a Tibetan antelope), Huanhuan (the Olympic flame), Nini (the swallow) and finally Jingjing (the panda).

There was some controversy in China earlier this year when the Olympic Committee suggested holding the volleyball in Tiananmen Square - the Chinese didn't like it cos they thought it was wrong for Chairman Mao (whose portrait is hung at one end of the square) to be looking at scantily clad bodies. Brilliant!