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Though Shanghai's latitude makes it pretty hard for us to see snowfall, northern China has been blanketed by it for days. As it's pretty rare for the area around Beijing to get snow this early in the cold season, the torrents have brought about some complications and tragedies, but also joy.

Loretta Chao of the Wall Street Journal looks at the Olympic tradition of pin trading and talks to several Olympic pin fans. For those of you in Beijing and interested in taking a look at exactly what these pin traders do and how they bargain with each other, visit Coke’s "Shuang Zone" at Chaoyang Park.

Lam Thuy Vo of the Wall Street Journal discovers that China has been training close to 600 women in the art of cheerleading with the help of cheerleaders from the New England Patriots, the U.S. football team, and Chinese choreographers. The ladies were selected in 24 competitions nationwide and will be cheering at every Olympic event — and not just basketball and volleyball events. Intent on injecting Chinese characteristics into what is otherwise an all-American art, the girls will be twirling not just be twirling pompoms but also Chinese fans and nunchuks! That first sequence you see in the vid also reminds of this particular Chinese dance.