This is a collection of news reports and blog/forum posts on the matter of the "faked singing" involving Lin Miaoke and Yang Peiyi at the 2008 Beijing Olympic opening ceremony. ...full story at ESWN
from ESWN on Fri, Aug 15 2008
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| 15 Aug 08 |
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Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony. Lip-syncing »
YouTube video Chinese 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 instead of Lin Miaoke, who may have had the voice of an angel but whose crooked teeth made her unsuitable... |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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Is It Live? Or Is It Beijing? » China Journal Press reports circulating today have called into question the authenticity of some parts of the technically dazzling opening ceremony China put on Friday. Lin Miaoke Specifically, the little girl who sang the patriotic opening song, Lin Miaoke,... |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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Sorry little girl, you are too ugly for the Olympic opening ceremony » Shanghaiist In the quest for perfection during the Olympics opening ceremony, another boo-boo has been revealed. It seems that pig-tailed seven-year old Lin Miaoke who "sang" "Ode to the Motherland" during the Olympics opening ceremony was actually lip-syncing!... |
| 06 Aug 08 |
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Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony: Theme Song Singers Announced! » CN Reviews Beijing Olympic News Press just announced that Chinese singer Liu Huan (刘欢) and British singer Sarah Brightman will be singing the Olympic theme song in opening ceremony on Aug. 8 2008. (source here.) The theme song names <Dream>, and wil... |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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China: Faking the Olympic opening ceremony, at what expense? » Global Voices The buzz on Tuesday was that two major components of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony had been faked, leaving a very bad taste in many bloggers' mouths. |
| 12 Aug 08 |
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China: Flawless Girl at the Olympic Opening? » Global Voices China Digital Times translated an interview with Chen Qigang, the General Music Designer of the Opening Ceremony, who revealed that the that the voice everyone heard singing at the Opening Ceremony was actually a pre-recording of another child. |
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