Year of the sad horse: A defective toy goes viral in China — and sums up a nation's mood

A stitching mistake that turned a smile upside down on a plush toy for the Year of the Horse has won the hearts of people in ...

This Chinese 'crying horse' plush is going viral for its sad face

Bright red stuffed horse toys sold in China have gone viral for a manufacturing error that turned a sweet smile into a frowny ...

Year of the sad horse: Factory mistake creates viral toy in China

Ahead of the Lunar New Year, a red plush horse nicknamed the “crying horse” is going viral on Chinese social media because of a factory mistake. Despite the mistake, manufacturers continue to produce ...
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Chinese manufacturing error spurs demand for ‘crying horse’ plush toy

The plush toy was designed as a happy-faced Lunar New Year decoration, but a manufacturing mistake turned its smile into a ...

To cry or not to cry: how moving the audience to tears can backfire

From then on, the literature of crying is sparse, although cultural historian Tom Lutz’s book Crying: The Natural and Cultural History of Tears usefully defines it as “a surplus of feeling over ...