Trending in Beijing: Ducks Knocked Out and Goose Eggs Stolen

Both Beijing CBA teams had their chance at this year’s championship, but neither will emerge victorious now that the Beijing Shougang Ducks suffered a defeat at the hands of the Guangdong Southern Tigers.

Despite the loss, Lin's fans still love him

Duck fans still had a blast

Nonetheless, his fans who followed the aftermath via the hashtag #广东队淘汰北京队# ‘Guangodng team eliminated Beijing team’ remained supportive and expressed gratitude for taking the team this far. As one popular Weibo comment read, “I’ve never doubted Lin as long as I’ve been a fan of his, and I just want to say that basketball fans should always support the players and teams they like and never vilify the ones they don’t like.” Now that’s sportsmanship.

In other poultry news, Beijing Evening News divulged Sunday, Aug 9, that a witness had reported the burgling of a goose nest at Beijing Wildlife Park. The witness apparently scolded the offenders for nearly five minutes, but failed to dissuade them from taking eggs from the nest.

Netizens roundly condemned the thieves and called for them to be blacklisted from the park. One commenter, however, quipped with a facetious whataboutism, writing, “So what? In Shanghai a man beat a goose to take its eggs.”

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