Beijing’s “Bird’s Nest” on South Park

When South Park spoofed the Beijing Olympics and American anxiety about China’s political and cultural ascendancy, they included an image of Herzog & de Meuron’s “Bird’s Nest” stadium.

Coincidentally, the South Park clip was titled “Olympic Nightmare,” the episode was “The China Problem.”

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