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Beijing Olympic theme song: Will Disney 'let it go?'

Beijing doesn’t exactly conjure images of mountainside chalets and icy ski jumps, but that didn’t stop the International Olympic Committee from awarding the city the 2022 Winter Games.

Now, just days after the announcement, the first mini-controversy surrounding those games has erupted and involves an unlikely protagonist: The Walt Disney Company (DIS).

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The kerfuffle concerns “The Snow and Ice Dance,” one of several official theme songs for the Beijing games. It was released months ago when Beijing was an “applicant city” along with Almaty, Kazakhstan. Take a listen:

Remind you of anything? Several people on the Internet think it sounds an awful lot like this:

It makes sense, of course. Disney’s "Frozen" is an international sensation about a character who can make ice and snow out of nothing. A skill some fear the Beijing Olympic planning committee may need to employ as well, though, to be fair, the average February temperature in Beijing is 29 degrees.

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While people in China caught the similarity between the songs a month ago, the controversy is just now making its way to the English-speaking world. It remains to be seen what if any reaction the Chinese government will have to the claims, assuming it will take every possible measure to avoid controversy leading up to the 2022 winter games in Beijing.

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