Nearly 3,500 Chinese children have been named for the Olympics, according to the Beijing Daily.The paper says most of the children named Aoyun (Mandarin for Olympics) are males born around 2000, when China was fighting to host the international sporting event, according to the Associated Press. The report says another 4,000 children are named after the “Five Friendlies” that serve as mascots for the 2008 Summer Games.
