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I have known that it may sound weird for a Beijinger to reveal a piece of shocking and shameful news about Beijing's greatest event - the 2008 Olympic Games. However, I really don't like the Five Friendlies mascots. Now I have a question for everybody - what colour do you think a panda's tail is? Black? White? Yellow? I thought it was black since pandas have black eyes, ears, arms and legs. So did the mascots' designer, Han Meilin. Nevertheless, pandas have WHITE tails. One popular Beijing TV program rang up the designer's home but they were told that the designer was so ill that he can't answer the phone! The mascot issue has always been eyecatching and of course important to Beijingers and China. Therefore, Mr. Han should have paid much more attention to details. These days I have been noticing the mascot products. Fortunately, most of them don't show the panda's tail. (but soft toys are a disaster.) Otherwise, it would be more embarrassing. I hope this so-called talented Mr. Han can be bold and manly to say something about this seemingly 'trivial' mistake. 
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