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    母国を称える歌
    So I was waiting for the train and saw on the BBC that Olympics fans the world over had apparently gotten themselves Ashlee Simpsoned by the PRC:

    A pretty girl who won national fame after singing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was only miming.

    Wearing a red dress and pigtails, Lin Miaoke charmed a worldwide audience with a rendition of "Ode to the Motherland".

    But the singer was Yang Peiyi, who was not allowed to appear because she is not as "flawless" as nine-year-old Lin.

    *******

    This is the second "fake" story about the opening ceremony

    Viewers around the world saw a display in which 29 firework "footprints" travelled across Beijing from south to north.

    But a senior official from the Beijing organising committee (Bocog) confirmed on Tuesday that footage of the display had been produced before the big night.

    This was provided to broadcasters for "convenience and theatrical effects", according to Wang Wei, Bocog's executive vice-president.

    "Because of poor visibility, some previously recorded footage may have been used," he told a daily press conference.


    I realize that the birthrate in China is not what it once was, but could a country with 1.3 billion people seriously not find a little girl with both a world-captivating voice and teeth that exceeded bureaucratic standards?
    Posted by Sean on 2008-08-12 19:18:26
    Internet Ronin:
    It turns out all those delightful colorful ethnic minorities dancing and celebrating the opening of the Olympics were Han Chinese. Imagine that.
    8.15.2008 10:32am
    Sean Kinsell (mail) (www):
    Heh. You know, I'd wondered about that. I'm not a China Studies person, so I'm not really qualified to say, "Hey! That girl doesn't look Uighur!" But yeah, they did all look suspiciously similar.
    8.15.2008 1:50pm
    Connie:
    Gee, next disclosure will be that Audrey Hepburn was dubbed!
    8.19.2008 5:38pm

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