A Tale of Two Little Girls

Yang Peiyi (L) provided the voice, but it was Lin Miaoke's face the world saw. A 7-year-old Chinese girl was not good-looking enough for the Olympics opening ceremony, so another little girl with a pixie smile lip-synched "Ode to the Motherland," a ceremony official said - the latest example of the lengths Beijing took for a perfect start to the Summer Games.
A member of China's Politburo asked for the last-minute change to match one girl's face with another's voice, the ceremony's chief music director, Chen Qigang, said in an interview with Beijing Radio.
"The audience will understand that it's in the national interest," Chen said in a video of the interview posted online Sunday night. Read the whole news story here. Find many other news items here.

After all the faking that has been exposed I am not sure what they think the results are or what the lasting impression will be because of so many reports now like the computer generated fireworks.. well the reason I am bringing this story up here is I am a singer too. It's not something that you just give away it is your soul and body fueling that sound. I want the real voice to get recognition but I also hope nobody feels anything bad toward the other little girl. What was she to do in a world of adults. I wish them both well in their lives ahead, both girls so cute to me but the one girl needs to be recognized for her gorgeous voice and just simply in support of TRUTH. Watch the performance below to hear Yang's voice lipsynched by Lin.