People showed up with stools on Sunday to wait overnight in freezing temperatures for a chance to buy the stuffed animals at Gongmei Emporium on the
The pandas were sold out Monday at many locations, including the souvenir shop at the Main Media Center inside the
A sign in Gongmei’s window said it had 300 Bing Dwen Dwen figures and buyers were allowed one each. It promised more on Tuesday.
The Beijing Olympic organizing committee asked souvenir factories to make more, the official
In the Houhai neighborhood to the north of the Chinese capital's center, a shop hung out a sign before
Gongmei’s
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