(China.com.cn)
Yang Peiyi, who sang at the Olympic opening ceremony - but did not appear
I suppose, in China, things are not what they appear to be in more ways than one has learned to expect.
Posted on 08/12/2008 1:03:55 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
China bans child singer with crooked teeth from singing at opening ceremony
Jane Macartney and Ashling O'Connor in Beijing The cute little girl whose sweet-voiced rendition of one of China’s favourite revolutionary anthems started off the Olympic opening ceremony performance may not have been all that she seemed. Little Lin Miaoke, it has been revealed, was only lip-synching.
Officials have now admitted that the voice that rang out through the vast Bird’s Nest stadium was really that of seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, who may have had the voice of an angel but whose crooked teeth made her unsuitable for the opening ceremony's top spot.
The revelation has stirred up an online furore in China’s Internet chat rooms and on comment pages.
Many are not amused to learn that the nine-year-old whose coy smile and pigtails won the hearts of the world during Friday night’s opening extravaganza was chosen more for her cuteness than her talent.
The English-language China Daily announced today that little Miss Lin was well on her way to becoming a star. The Internet has been littered with pictures of the little girl going back to school after her stirring performance that had millions singing along to “Ode to the Motherland” -- a paean to the revolution -- in homes across China. The newspaper said: “The 9-year-old songbird said she was thrilled to be part of Friday’s performance, mostly ‘because I felt so beautiful in my red dress.' ”
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(China.com.cn)
Yang Peiyi, who sang at the Olympic opening ceremony - but did not appear
I suppose, in China, things are not what they appear to be in more ways than one has learned to expect.
Ping!
So who's surprised?
So what? The chinese are just fine with cheating by putting underage gymnists with fake passports in the womens competition, so whats the big deal here?
The Red Dragon is a deceiver; a puppet and a mouthpiece for The Great Deceiver, and Father of Lies, himself. So, why should this come as any sort of a surprise??
What would be a truly surprising change of pace for Beijing would be if they actually told the truth. In advance.
I knew it was lip synched, but I actually had my doubt the girl was even human. After reading about those Japanese dolls on FR, I was suspect this could be one of those only Chinese. Especailly when there was a black wire running down the back of her neck. Her coached facial expression looked very “plastic”
You can see it from all N. Korean girls who are performing in public. Their smiles are actually giving me creeps.
Oh, the horror! An attractive person standing in front of the cameras while someone else sings? That could NEVER happen here!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633262/
It’s no different from any of the dubbed Kung Fu movies.
;)
“No big deal. It’s just entertainment.”
It is “No big deal! It is “Just entertainment.”
I would say there is a difference between lip syncing your own song and lip syncing someone else’s performance.
Yes, and there is a difference when it is a child involved and also during something as the olympics opening ceromony.
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