Three boats covered in snow and illuminated by lights of a restaurant nearby, are seen on the frozen Songhua River that flows through the northern city of Harbin in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province Jan 3, 2011.
While Beijing was in the heady grip of Olympic fever last August, far to the north of China the city of Harbin was busily building venues it hopes will play host to Winter Olympians in 2018.
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