The Beijing Olympics Will Be Scary Safe. But Safe. Or Scary.

The Chinese are pulling out all the stops to ensure that the impending Summer Olympics are free of one of those embarrassing international incidents that countries tend to try to avoid. Chief on their list, evening before reducing that pesky pollution problem that will probably kill all the athletes, is preventing a terrorist attack during the games. And good news: China does barter with terrorists.

But why cut deals when the military police is capable of handling threats in any condition? Shanghaiist provides video of recruits hugging up on each other during training in freezing conditions while singing patriotic chants and slogans. If that's not enough, they're also rubbing snow into their chests to give those push-up sets that added oomph. All this should assist in the summer games greatly.