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EmmaRiddle 02-21-2005 03:30 PM

Chinese kids want more Potter
 
Gordon Brown, a British MP who was recently on a trip to China, asked a dozen teenage pupils what they currently wanted. Their answer? Harry Potter.

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"We don't have a Nimbus 2000 broomstick," complained 15-year-old Yin Yuxi, referring to the transport of choice for fictional boy wizard Harry Potter, the creation of British author Joanne "J. K." Rowling.

Others chipped in, saying that little of the vast range of tie-in Harry Potter merchandise available to children in Britain was sold in China.

One girl even had to get her mother to knit her a scarf in the colours of Hogwarts School, the establishment Potter attends in the series of hugely popular novels chronicling his adventures, she said.

"Well, we will have to get British companies to sell them," said Brown, whose main business on the trip was slightly weightier matters such as China's exchange rate and the EU arms embargo on Beijing.

"It is a good way to make money," he said.
My mam made me a Slytherin scarf. Personally, I think it's much nicer than the official merchandise ones.

Source: HPANA

Mikaela 02-21-2005 03:37 PM

I (try) to knit, but I never wanted to take a go at the Hogwarts scarves til I saw the new ones... But doi at his comment "it's a good way to make money"... what did he think it was for? :lol:

LilRavenclaw 02-21-2005 03:38 PM

Mmmm I am going to beg my grandma to make me a Ravenclaw scarf... It is never cold enough here to wear a scarf but I would still love to have one!
And the only HP merchandise I have is the cards and two HP figures (one casting a spell and one playing Quidditch and they were on sale!).

*Snivellus* 02-21-2005 06:20 PM

^:lol: cool!

Scot has a Gryffindor! Bless her!

Well thanks to many of my English friends I have quite a lot of HP merchandise ...

MYHC 02-21-2005 06:23 PM

Ive always wanted a Gryffindor scarf. Ive always looked through hottopic and they have awsome harry potter merchandise.

Starbreeze 02-21-2005 07:07 PM

I want a Ravenclaw scarf so bad!!! >_< and some socks like Hermione's :lol:

thanks for the info!

Ron_N_Hermione 02-21-2005 07:08 PM

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Ive always looked through hottopic and they have awsome harry potter merchandise.

Me and my friend always go into there when we're at the mall. Constantly we're looking at all the hp stuff. It's so kool that I want everything there HP but I don't have enough money to go and get all taht stuff. But, I do have a Ron shirt, the hp pins, and two hp calendars.......I want a scarf.......

whyamithewerewolf 02-21-2005 08:50 PM

The HP merchandise at Hot Topic IS really cool, but I wish they made a nice Hogwarts crest t-shirt like the aged Gryffindor one! I would buy it in a heartbeat!! :flower:

Petrovich 02-21-2005 08:54 PM

Yeah, he`s right - they can do good money from thhis. And they`re doing it already, in fact.
I`m also going to have some clothes from HP - my granmum will make for me (I hope). :)

prettyinpink 02-21-2005 10:15 PM

i want a scarf!

siriuswilllive63 02-21-2005 10:32 PM

You can get scarfs!!! AWESOME OPPOSSUM

mione_girlgwp 02-21-2005 10:58 PM

I should try to knit...doubt I will be that good at it....but I can try. I would defintley make scarves!

XxNoelxX 02-22-2005 12:08 AM

awwww that's heart warming. all the kids in china want is more harry potter. i hear you! i can't seem to find a chocolate frog any where.

slythringurl04 02-22-2005 01:33 AM

cool! i want a scarf!!

BaBy PhAt 02-22-2005 01:45 AM

That's awesome! I want a scarf (a Slytherin one)... Maybe I'll ask my mom to make me one, but I doubt she even knows how to knit :P

potterxfan04 02-22-2005 02:14 AM

aw. i've never gotten any of the house scarves before. i'd like to try and knit one one day, once i learn how to knit!

Savy_Sara 02-22-2005 02:22 AM

Who wouldn't want more Harry Potter? It's so addictive..

AccioSnuffles 02-22-2005 07:22 AM

I wish I knew how to knit, or at least knew someone how to knit. China is faily communist i think,so that is probably why they don't have much access to HP.

siriusly_loving_gary 02-22-2005 08:44 AM

not only chinese but also us austrian children want more hp stuff! although i got round five poa calenders - and i shouldn't complain. i'm trying to get my mum knit me a gryffindor scarf for next winter.

Kazters 02-22-2005 02:15 PM

i have a gryffindor one I lvoe it.. i haev grey gloves i found as well lol..

Crazed Bout HP 02-22-2005 04:39 PM

tat's so tru. im chinese and i want more potter stuff lol buh i shouldn't complain my friends r startin 2 get freaked out wit my obsession. who knew it could b so addictive?

RedMartini 02-22-2005 06:21 PM

The scarves are awesome. :D

hermione-weasly 02-23-2005 12:29 AM

dont blame them

loony 4 ........ 02-23-2005 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by potterxfan04
aw. i've never gotten any of the house scarves before. i'd like to try and knit one one day, once i learn how to knit!

the same here

Hoggywarts 02-23-2005 09:56 PM

I don't blame the kids in China for wanting more HP merchandise!!! HP merchandise are so great! Although I don't have much, but the ones I got are really wicked!!!


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