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Heavy smog, massive traffic jam can’t stop these Chinese women from dancing

About 30 women took the opportunity for a twirl when air pollution brought traffic to standstill, newspaper reports

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The women dancing in the road. Photo: Guancha.cn
Jane Li

A group of middle-aged women has won the hearts of internet users in China after a video of them dancing in the middle of traffic amid heavy smog went viral on social media.

Many highways in northern China have been heavily congested since Sunday amid heavy air pollution, the Dahe Daily reported.

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A group of women took the opportunity of a traffic jam to get out of their cars and start dancing on the road, the report said. It did not specify exactly when or where the incident took place.

A video posted on Monday shows about 30 middle-aged women dancing to a Cantonese song, with several blue trucks queuing around them.

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