Cool Olympic Promo by BBC Sports

A cheeky monkey would be a fantastic competitor in any battle of wit or endurance, but I’m not sure he;d make a good travel buddy – the whole flinging poo thing and all…

“The concept is based around Journey to the West, a novel published in the 1590s and considered one of the four most important works of fiction in China’s history. It follows a monk with several disciples, including a monkey, as they battle increasingly fierce demons on a quest to retrieve Buddhist scriptures for China.”

I love that the fellas behind the Gorillaz put their pencils to paper to create this.

It’s super cool — however, that said, I’m still disturbed that the global political voices against the Chinese occupation of Tibet aren’t as loud as they should be in the days leading up to the global games.

It looks like Journey to the West is an opera, too. Get the low down on the characters here.

The concept is based around Journey to the West, a famous Chinese novel, published in the 1590s and considered one of the four most important works of fiction in China’s history. It follows a monk with several disciples, including a monkey, as they battle increasingly fierce demons on a quest to retrieve Buddhist scriptures for China.

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