Girl, please say it isn't true ... boo hoo ...

Ed: If you can't trust the PRC, who the hell can you trust? ;-)

Olympic organizers reveal lip-synched child performance

CBC News

China's flamboyant Olympics opening ceremony on Friday has lost some of its lustre, following an official's revelation of lip-synching at the over-the-top event.

In an interview with Beijing Radio, Chen Qigang, the ceremony's chief music director, admitted that the pig-tailed, nine-year-old girl in a red dress shown singing was actually lip-synching Ode to the Motherland to audio of another girl, deemed not as pretty but with a lovelier voice.

"After several tests, we decided to put Lin Miaoke on the live picture, while using [seven-year-old] Yang Peiyi's voice," Chen told the radio station.

"The reason for this is that we must put our country's interest first," he added. "We had to make that choice. It was fair both for Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi … We combined the perfect voice and the perfect performance."

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Below is the picture of Yang. Wasn't there a song about this??

When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
Here's what she said to me

*Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be

When I grew up and fell in love
I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said

(Repeat *)

Now I have children of my own
They asked their mother what will I be
Will I be handsome, will I be rich
I tell them tenderly

(Repeat *)

Somewhere on this planet there are a pair which apparently haven't been heard by the PRC officials ...

Cheers ya'll!

With files from the Associated Press