Dolls bearing the likeness of the five 2008 Olympic mascots Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini have been selling furiously since the mascots -- cartoon renditions of a panda, fish, Tibetan antelope, swallow and the Olympic flame -- were unveiled last Friday.

Women select T-shirts embossed with the mascots in Wangfujing, the most well-known business area in Beijing on Wednesday.

Folk artists Chen Hongchuan and Chen Yichun from Rui'an City in Zhejiang Province display five mascots made out of rice powder Wednesday.

Eggs painted with the mascots on show at an expo in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, Thursday.

Two mud sculptures in the mould of the mascots in Jiangsu Province's Nanjing Museum attract visitors.

A craftsman shows off the mascots he made out of flour in Quanzhou, Fujian Province. He said his products were selling well.

(Shenzhen Daily November 18, 2005)