International Law

The End is Nigh

By Stan

This shit ain’t right:

Passengers make contact with robot Fuwa, the Olympics mascot, at the Beijing Capital International Airport July 15, 2008. Five robot Fuwa debut on Tuesday inside the newly-built Terminal 3 of the airport. The robots can provide guiding services for passengers with language contact. (Sina story, with pics, here.)

Shanghaiist tells us that we are indeed witnessing the end of times:

In recent months Chinese have also begun circulating the idea of a Fuwa curse, with each character representing a national disaster. AngryChineseBlogger gives a full account of "The Five Fuwa of the Apocalypse" in this article. Since the article was written there has been no shortage of flooding in Southern China which have since been pinned onto Beibei.

Full post as published by China Hearsay on July 25, 2008 (boomark / email).