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China Pulls a "Milli Vanilli"
The little girl who performed "Hymn to the Motherland" in front of the entire world at the Opening Ceremony wasn't actually the the little girl who sang it.

We all watched this "poster child for all of China." Seems like the Chinese pulled a Milli Vanilli on viewers. The little girl who actually sang the song is seven year old Yang Peiyi (right) singing on a pre-recorded tape, not the pig-tailed Lin Miaoke (left), according to a report from The Telegraph.
"This was a last-minute question, a choice we had to make," the ceremony's musical designer, Chen Qigang, said. "Our rehearsals had already been vetted several times - they were all very strict. When we had the dress rehearsals, there were spectators from various divisions, including above all a member of the politburo who gave us his verdict: we had to make the swap."
A "grueling competition" had been waged to choose the performer, but at the last minute the switch was made because the seven year old girl did not portray the image that the Chinese wanted to convey because she had buck teeth.
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