Dressed in a full-body icy “shell,” the panda mascot has ... official Olympics website, “Bing” has several meanings in Mandarin, though the most common is ice. The word also symbolizes ...

Organizers chose Bing ... of ice mimicking a winter suit. By Andrés R. Martínez The organizers of the Winter Olympics in Beijing turned to an old friend when picking a mascot: the panda.

Neither Bing Dwen Dwen nor the panda's handlers directly addressed reporters' questions Saturday about why a toy panda cub, dressed in a suit of ice, has so fervently captured the hearts and ...