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Chinese cheerleaders learn from American pros.
Hundreds of Chinese women are learning the fine arts of professional cheerleading from the New England Patriots dancers.
The women are learning “how to jump, flip and cheer for the tens of thousands of spectators who will attend this summer’s Games,” the China Daily reported on Wednesday.
One New England Patriot dancer expressed confidence that the Chinese women would master the trade: “They’re a lot like Americans - they use pompoms, they do flips,” 20-year-old Corie Mae Callaluca told the Chinese newspaper.
The paper editorialized that Mae Callaluca “is every bit the stereotypical cheerleader with long blonde hair and blue eyes.”
“Cheerleading is a quintessentially American tradition but has become more and more popular in China, thanks in large part to the phenomenal success of US basketball among China’s youth, who are not shocked by scantily clad dancers,” the paper added.
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