When seeking inspiration for cheers we normally refer back to the old rhyming chants we used to drone during our short-lived years as high school volleyball stars; however, China has actually gone so far as to standardize the way you should root for your favorite Olympic hopefuls. Approved by China’s apparent national cheerleading authority, the Party Office of Spiritual Civilization Development and Guidance as well as the Ministry of Education, BOCOG and CCTV, the chant Jia You Aoyun! Jia You Zhongghuo! is as creative as they come, translating directly as, “Go Olympics! Go China!” They’ve jazzed it up a bit by throwing in some hand signals to boot. Ready? It’s two claps on jia you, arms out and thumbs up for Aoyun, two claps for jia you and fists and arms extended up—pump it!--for the final Zhongghuo. Got it? The cheer is intended to support the unified theme of the Olympics, meaning you can co-opt it for your own team if you can’t come up with your own rhythmic ditty. Shanghailanders can chant Go America! Go Shaq! at the Olympic pre-game match-up between Russia and America for example, or just join in the jia you when the Chinese soccer team hits the Shanghai fields.