It takes a village

Or at least a small army of people - to clear snow in Beijing.  Not that it snowed all that much.  Or that in reality Beijing has received approximately zero centimeters of natural precipitation since late October (cloud seeding is a frequently used art here).  But there was no fewer than 15 people clearing snow in the little open space area in our complex.  And another new thing that one sees everywhere when walking to school -  clearing snow with a broom.