Rejected Olympic Mascots 2008 News and Information
- CCTV International: "The Making of the Five Friendlies" (December 28, 2005)
- People's Daily: "Beijing Unveils 2008 Olympic Mascots" (November 14, 2005)
- Telegraph: "China Solves Olympic Row by Choosing Five Mascots" (November 12, 2005)
- San Diego Union-Tribune: "China's Poorer Locales See Gold in Olympics Mascot" (November 4, 2005)
- Turkish Daily News: "Tibetan Antelope Leads Race for 2008 Olympic Mascot" (September 12, 2005)
- Beijing 2008: "Beijing to select 2008 Olympic Mascots from 662 Designs" (December 14, 2004)
- China.org: "Monkey King Prime Candidate for 2008 Olympics Mascot" (November 8, 2003)
Rejected Olympic Mascots 2008 Blogs and Commentaries
- Phayul: "Choice of Mascot is 'Attempt to Legitimize Chinese Rule' in Tibet" (November 12, 2005)
- Monkey in the News: Monkey King for Possible 2008 Olympic Mascot? (November 4, 2005)
- Danwei: Olympic Mascot: No Panda, Please! (May 23, 2005)
- Save Chin's Tigers: Chinese Tiger as Mascot for the 2008 Olympic Games (September 30, 2002)