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Just in case you didn't know how to pronounce Beijing...

... the Two Chinese Characters are here to help. Seriously, we've seen this cartoon sent around the Internet a million times, but we had no idea the logo of the Beijing Olympics was meant to be a stylised form of the character for "jing" (京).

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  • taihanasie

    "we had no idea the logo of the Beijing Olympics was meant to be a stylised form of the character for "jing" (京)."

    I'm surprised. I have seen that trivia point in many publications already. It is quite a good logo actually, regardless of the origin.

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