Face down in the dirt with an iron post impaling his rump, Chinese Olympic mascot Huanhuan has seen better days. Once a proud talisman of the 2008 Beijing games, the character — a traditional Chinese “good luck” doll whose fiery headdress symbolized the Olympic torch — now lies in a field outside an unfinished mall […]
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