Ooooh! PRETTY! Look at those beautifully rendered designs, obscuring that brown sugary goodness!

Caffeinated for that little kick you’ve come to rely upon, decorated in the spirit of the Beijing games, these beautiful aluminum gems will surely be collector’s items (for pack rats with enviable storage units and nothing but time on their hands and opportunistic visions).

Eight Chinese artists (or graphic design teams) were paired up with eight on Ultra Records international musicians (Tiesto, Benny Benassi, Kaskade, Jes, Serge Devant, Lucas Prata, Cezar and Jay-J)  to create these bottles. The themes include “Global harmony,” “Beautiful World,” “Just Say Yeah” and other positive, singular, somewhat janky Chinese-to-English translated slogans.

This is somehow to represent the Coke Side of life, which I guess doesn’t involve labor disputes, subsequent murders and disappearances in Columbia or their water rights dealings in India, and conveniently omits the human rights abuses in Tibet and abroad caused by China, and China’s rife political corruption. But HEY! Those Coca Cola bottles sure look neat-o!

Chinese authorities have put a “secret” ban on black people. The authorities have requested that during the Olympic Games in Beijing next month, all bars surrounding the Games must deny service to black people and “other social undesirables.” The Public Security Bureau is requiring that service be denied to black people and Mongolians.

“Uniformed Public Security Bureau officers came into the bar recently and told me not to serve black people or Mongolians,” said the co-owner of a western-style bar, who asked not to be named.

The local authorities have been cracking down on blacks and Mongolians in an attempt to stamp out drug dealing and prostitution ahead of the Games, the proprietors said.

A few months ago, police launched a violent sting on black men drinking in the Sanlitun bar district, and a notorious nightclub largely populated by Mongolian prostitutes was also shut down.

Guess it isn’t a secret anymore because it’s posted all over the internet. Bad move.

“More than 4,000 Chinese children are named Olympic Games.” No shit. That headline just kinda jumped out at me. Naming your child “Olympic Games” is the new. Jennifer? Charles? No, Olympic Games. Prince, the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known Prince, is way jealous.

From BBC:

More than 4,000 children in China have been given the name Aoyun, meaning Olympic Games, in the past 15 years.
The rise in popularity of the name is seen as a sign of support for the Games being staged in August in Beijing.
Officials in charge of identity cards say that more than 92% of the 4,104 registered Aoyuns are boys.
It is not uncommon for Chinese children to be given names of common events and popular slogans - such as Defend China, Build the Nation and Space Travel.
There are 290,798 registered Civilisations.
The first surge in Aoyuns came in 1992, when China applied to host to the 2000 Games. About 680 Aoyuns were registered at the time.
In 2002 another 553 Aoyuns were named, after China was chosen to host the 2008 Games.
The BBC’s Chinese service says that in recent weeks babies have also been given names such as Hope for Sichuan, to show solidarity with earthquake victims.