“Despite speakers blaring Chinese pop music and vendors hawking glazed “dog” on sticks (possibly it was beef, though dog is a local specialty), official is certainly the right description. All the competitors are between about ten and fourteen years old. Having selected expert young ski jumpers, gymnasts and martial artists, placed them in sports academies and recruited foreign coaches, China has every intention of winning the pipe in Vancouver in 2010…” — from page 52, “Chinese Downhill: British Invasion of China and Japan, 140 Degrees East” by Tam Leach.