Everyone who's watching the Beijing Olympic 2008 would have thought, oh how cute is this little girl with such a sweet voice. But the truth is, her voice isn't that sweet after all. Lin Miaoke lip-synched at the opening ceremony over the voice of Yang Peiyi, who was considered visually unsuitable to appear herself because of her buck teeth, so only her voice was used. This is what the Chinese representative said:
"The main consideration was the national interest. The child on the screen should be flawless in image, in her internal feelings, and in her expression. In the matter of her voice, Yang Peiyi was flawless, in the unanimous opinion of all the members of the team. We have a responsibility to face the audience of the whole country, and to be open with this explanation. We should all understand it like this, it is a question of the national interest. It is a question of the image of our national music, our national culture. Especially at the entrance of our national flag, this is an extremely important, an extremely serious matter. So we made the choice. I think it is fair to both Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi, after all, we have a perfect voice, a perfect image and a perfect show, in our team’s view, all together."
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