Source: CCTV.com

07-29-2008 18:25

Olympic frenzy runs high among Chinese. Records are being broken for sales of the national flag. Olympic books are selling at high volume.

Chinese flags are popular with the Olympics just around the corner.

Mini national flags of different countries and Olympic banners hang loftily at this store affiliated to a flag maker in east Beijing. Chinese flags are popular and in high demand - with the Olympics just around the corner.

Olympic banners are popular with the Olympics just around the  corner.(Photo: CCTV.com)

The store sells about two hundred national flags in many sizes. Workers who produce the flags are on overtime to satisfy the brisk demand. 170,000 national flags of different countries have been sold in recent months. Among that number are 20-thousand miniatures to be used to decorate cars.