SKIRMISHER

A posting on China’s leading auction site Taobao for the sale of Beijing Olympics cheerleaders’ uniforms, including their unwashed bras and panties, has whipped up a minor storm on China’s Internet.

An agent claiming to represent one of the many  international teams of Olympics cheerleaders put up the intimate innerwear items for auction and “guaranteed their authenticity” and their “unwashed” status. In language intended to appeal to panty fetishists, the agent wrote, “They are sure to excite you: When you hold them up to your nose and sniff, you’ll smell the youthful fragrance of the young girls.”

It turns out that the uniforms and innerwear had been offered for sale by some cheerleaders, a few of whom had come from Japan — in response to a call to contribute some personal effects for auction to raise money for the Sichuan earthquake victims. Some donated dolls, jewellery and other trinkets; others donated intimate apparel.

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{Photo: Not actually Chinese Olympic cheerleaders, but incredibly pliant Chinese gymnasts}

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