2008 Olympics - Beijing

As we're all waiting in anticipation of the next round of referrals, which we truly hope and believe will include us, we thought we'd deviate away from the normal adoption thread and introduce you to some of the cute characters that we're sure to run into during our travels in China. There are five mascots to the Beijing Olympics called Fuwa, and we thought we'd introduce them to you. Like the five Olympic Rings from which they get their colour, Fuwa are designed to express the playful qualities of children who form an intimate circle of friends. Fuwa also embody the natural characteristics of four of China's most popular animals - the Fish, the Panda, the Tibetan Antelope, and the Swallow, as well as the Olympic Flame.