Vendors cash in on the press surrounding Osama bin Laden's death
Aiming to cash in on a fascination for morbid memorabilia, Shanghai's Yu Gardens, the city's home of kitschy souvenirs, is leading the way among stores hoping to exploit the news of Osama bin Laden's death.
Although there hasn?t been a rash of sales of T-shirts emblazoned with slogans like ?Bin Laden killed: End of Terror," figurines and images of both bin Laden and U.S. President Barack Obama are selling for just a few kuai a pop in Shanghai.
Source: http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/visit/osama-and-obama-statues-hit-shanghai-046410
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