HyBrid emphasizes sustainability in its designs. The company leaves on the original stickers, longshoreman's marks, and all the other little dents and dings that tell people the story of where the containers have been.
China's official press has emphasized Activist Chen GuangCheng's blindness in an attempt to undermine him. For many it gives his escape from the all-seeing eyes of the state an almost allegorical significance.
When it was suggested that perhaps she and the other holdouts were afraid to go on the show, aide Mansour emphasized: "She is certainly not 'afraid' to go on his or any show."