'Sochi problem' T-shirts hot on Taobao  

“故障五環”T恤火速上架受追捧

俄羅斯索契舉辦的冬奧會開幕式中，雪絨花綻放成奧運五環時因右上角的一朵雪花未能順利綻放，導致最終“五環”變“四環”的烏龍事件。就在這一幕被鏡頭直播到全世界觀眾眼前后，也迅速引發了熱議。有人吐槽的同時，也有人從中看到了商機。昨天北京晨報記者發現，國內外一些商家為此紛紛推出“索契故障T恤”趁機撈金，而T恤一經面市也頗受追捧，令網友不禁感慨“烏龍變商機”。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- The incomplete set of Olympic rings at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games at Sochi have led to the sale of hundreds of commemorative T-shirts at online stores, the Beijing Morning Post said.[Special coverage]

A Zhejiang-based store on Taobao, one of China's online markets, put a Sochi problem T-shirt with the four Olympic rings and the snowflake-looking thing on sale hours after the opening ceremony.

In the following 24 hours, 223 shirts were ordered, according to sales records.

The seller said they sold the T-shirt first on Taobao, and are confident of sales, as the Sochi problem is now a hot topic worldwide.

But buyers have to wait a week to get them, because factories have not opened yet, he added.

Another seller on Taobao, which boasted of a stock of such T-shirts, told reporters that he hired two workers to work day and night to meet the demand.

The T-shirts on Taobao vary from 20 yuan to 200 yuan ($3.30 to $33), most being sold for about 39 yuan.

But a lawyer warned that the copyright of the design, four rings and a snowflake, although a mistake, should still be owned by the organizer.