China: Long queues outside Olympics souvenir shop as Beijing readies for Winter Games

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Customers were seen waiting in long queues outside the largest official souvenir shop for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Thursday, one day before the start of the Games in the Chinese capital.

The average waiting time to get into the shop, which sells pins, fluffy toys, mascot related products and other Olympic merchandise, was around 30 minutes, as only 20 people can be in the shop at one time amid COVID-19 restrictions.

Members of the public have not been allocated tickets for this year’s games amid COVID-19 fears. Locals are only able to view the venues from outside of the ‘closed-loop,’ an area specifically designated for officials, athletes and special guests.

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SOT, Vicky Wang, Customer (English): “I think it’s probably half an hour [that I’ve been waiting in line]. Yes, it’s quite [a lot] longer than I expected.”

SOT, Vicky Wang, Customer (English): “[My friend] cannot buy it on the official website in Japan, so she asked me whether I can help her, so I said ‘Yes, I can buy it here.’ So maybe, I will go there, to the post office, and I will just send the Bing Dwen Dwen to her.”

SOT, Vicky Wang, Customer (Mandarin): “Because my friend are Japanese. They have a special love of pandas, so maybe that’s why it’s really popular.”

SOT, Vicky Wang, Customer, Mandarin: “Half are for my friends and are half are for me because after finishing the bubble, I will get back to my normal life. I will send the gifts to my relatives and my friends.”

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