Did Disney's fictional snow queen of Arendelle help Beijing win its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics?
Some Chinese Internet users seem to think so.
They find
"The Snow and Ice Dance," one of the 10 official songs Beijing used as a candidate city for the Games, eerily similar to
"Let It Go," the worldwide hit belted out by the character Elsa in Disney's animated blockbuster "Frozen."
The allegations of plagiarism first surfaced last weekend in a web story published by leading Chinese business magazine Caijing, but the report has since been taken down. Re-posted versions on numerous other news sites, however, remain online.
