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Aug 13, '08 9:11 AM
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China banned child singer with crooked teeth from singing at opening ceremony
Times Online
by Jane Macartney and Ashling O'Connor
She warmed more than a billion hearts with her sweet and pure rendition of one of China’s favourite revolutionary anthems at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

As Lin Miaoke sang sweetly through Ode to the Motherland in the Bird’s Nest stadium on Friday night, an emerging superpower swelled with pride at their beautiful little songbird in her red dress and cute pigtails.

But as she was fêted across China yesterday for a charming performance that made her a star, the Beijing schoolgirl was exposed as a fake.
Far from being angel-voiced, it seems Miaoke was simply angel-faced, as it emerged that she did not sing a note.

The real singer was Yang Peiyi, a seven-year-old deemed not pretty enough to be the face of China’s most watched moment in history.
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“The reason why little Peiyi was not chosen to appear was because we wanted to project the right image. The reason was for the national interest,” said Chen Qigang, the renowned contemporary composer and French citizen who directed the music for the opening ceremony.
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Sa akin lang ha, pero ang sarap tuloy i-boycott ng Beijing Olympics. Mas inaalaala pa nila ang kanilang public image kaysa sa mararamdaman ng isang bata. Ano kaya nararamdaman ng bata ngayon na hindi siya mismo yung pinakanta dahil ayon sa kanilang gobyerno ay hindi siya ganoon kaganda? Ang sakit naman siguro nun para sa bata. Batang-bata pa lang ginagamit na.

So anong "right image" iyang pinagmamalaki niyo? Child exploitation? Na mas importante ang image ninyo kaysa sa nararamdaman ng isa sa inyo? Ano sasabihin ng nanay ng bata sa kanya nyan?

"Anak, sabi ng gobyerno hindi ka raw maganda. Pero gusto pa rin sana nila hiramin ang boses mo para sa Olympic opening ha? Yun lang daw kasi ang maganda sa iyo. Ikaw kakanta, pero hindi ikaw yung ipapakita. Ok lang ha?"

Potek. Kung ako sa kanya e hindi na lang ako kumanta. Pero siyempre, bilang dinikta ng gobyerno, kailangang gawin.

Hindi naman panget yung bata eh. So ano ngayon kung baku-bako ang ngipin? Ako tabingi ngipin ko, so hindi ako maganda? Tsk tsk tsk. Kung tingnan niyo naman yung litrato nung bata, cute naman siya.

Hay naku. Anong klaseng Olympics iyan. Papanuorin mo pa ba pag malaman mo na pati yung mga manunuod sa gilid ay fake? Tapos yung fireworks ay fake? Naku baka mamaya yung Bird's Nest fake na rin pala!

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jungwha wrote on Aug 13, '08

Ang cute kaya nung bata na kumanta! I saw her pic! Nakakainis lang yung pagkasabi nung Chinese rep na kaya hindi siya pinayagang mag-appear is because she was fat and had crooked teeth. HELLO?! Man, how could they achieve unity in sports kung sa country pa lang nila inuumpisahan na nilang mang down :( I feel so sorry for the kid na ginaganun siya :(

roehlnino wrote on Aug 13, '08

baracoma said

Papanuorin mo pa ba pag malaman mo na pati yung mga manunuod sa gilid ay fake?

Well some of the fireworks were actually faked for TV. Pero pati yung audience sa gilid fake?

That's not really nice.

But then again, China's also infamously known for creating realistic fakes. I'm still torn if that's good or bad.

On the kid: Ghost singing ain't really nice. *sad*

baracoma wrote on Aug 13, '08

jungwha said

Potek. I'm fat, with crooked teeth. So hindi na ako pwede ipalabas sa tv?? Hehehe

Pero ayun. Cute naman talaga yung bata. Nakakainis lang talaga yung mga nagsasabi na hindi siya cute.

baracoma wrote on Aug 13, '08

roehlnino said

Yup. Pati yung audience. Basahin mo yung sa article. Kainis noh? Tas parang required pa ata sila magcheer sa parehong sides, para magkaroon ng "fun" kunwari yung games.

thebassist wrote on Aug 13, '08

it very much reflects their culture. they have their way, and no one's going to stop them even if they declare what they did. kapalan talaga ng mukha eh. i mean, chinese products. obvious ripoffs. chinese cars are rebadged japanese and korean cars. grabe. manipulation talaga ito. haha. nakakainis nung nabasa ko dahil kawawa nga yung bata. so much for their concern for their public image. it just went further down. haha.

prettypauline wrote on Aug 13, '08

i also heard about that today. naiinis din ako ng sobra. parang, hello kamusta naman na i-broadcast mo sa buong mundo na hindi maganda yung bata? isipin mo sa teenage years (or even when she grows past that) baka magkulong lang yan sa kwarto kasi alam ng buong mundo at hindi lang ng schoolmates nya na "hindi sha maganda"..

lecheng china!

baracoma wrote on Aug 13, '08

thebassist said

Ito siguro ay dahil meron silang monopolyo, kaya kayang-kaya nilang magmanipula. Kasi diba, kung awayin mo ang China, isang buong emerging superpower ng aawayin mo.

Pero ayun, tumpak ka nga na kesa umangat pa ang public image nila, bumabagsak lalo. Hahahaha. Ano pa kayang mga anomalya sa Olympics ang lalabas? Balita ko rin maraming nagcicirculate na fake na tickets. At may mga tangke atang nakabantay malapit sa isang media related place. Yup, may tank na puno ng sundalo sa loob.

baracoma wrote on Aug 13, '08

prettypauline said

Sobrang naaawa nga ako sa bata kasi parang kahit napahiya siya sa harap ng buong mundo dahil parang sinabi ng gobyerno na pangit siya, kahit hindi naman talaga. :(

thebassist wrote on Aug 13, '08

meron nga bumababa na lang na may mga baril eh. security check lang daw. normal lang daw. haha. grabe talaga ang china. at grabe rin sa boxing. sobrang talamak ang pandaraya. diba, dalawang bansa magkapatong tapos yung score nila sa upper right portion ng screen. basta yung nasa taas na bansa, siguradong panalo. kahit mapabagsak mo pa yung kalaban mo, hindi ka pa rin bibigyan ng points. :))

fabgelous wrote on Aug 13, '08

the fact that they banned the child from singing, mas nasira pa image nila, eh pano kung they just let her sang at the first place, eh di hindi nasira image nila...ang china ang hilig sa fake!! CHOS! pero, yung bird's nest totoo yun, we saw that when we went sa beijing nung summer eh!

e1c33 wrote on Aug 13, '08

ganun talaga :)) they've done worse you know.

npf007 wrote on Aug 13, '08

actually, parehas silang (bata) na kawawa... bakit?

pwede kasing maging tingin dun sa naglipsynch ng bata - "hindi ka naman pala marunong kumanta e" kasi kung marunong naman edi sana siya na lang kumanta para sa event.

tama diba?

prettypauline wrote on Aug 13, '08

baracoma said

Sobrang naaawa nga ako sa bata kasi parang kahit napahiya siya sa harap ng buong mundo dahil parang sinabi ng gobyerno na pangit siya, kahit hindi naman talaga. :(

i know! hindi ko alam kung ano dun yung "not cute"...

at naisip ko din lang. kawawa din yung other girl if ever hindi sinabi sa kanya na hindi nya boses yung gagamitin. mabbrand din sha forever as someone who doesn't know how to sing.

divesiren wrote on Aug 13, '08

ang sama nga. parang namang nung pinanganak ung isang girl, perfect na nga ung ngipin. malay natin, pustiso lang yun! hehe

baracoma wrote on Aug 13, '08

Epi: Eh? Kaya ba tayo natalo kanina?

Gelo: Yup, mas nasira nga yung image nila. Hahahaha. Sa dami ng peke akala ko pati yung nest peke na! :)) Ndi pala.

Tiff: Pero ito diba parang mas nakita ng buong mundo? (bilang international affair siya and all) Yung iba kasi may news blackout ek ek diba (katulad nung censorship sa China Google). Eh ito kahit pinilit ang news blackout kumalat pa rin.

Noel: Yeap. Pero kahit papaano she has the upper hand kasi siya yung piniling ipagmalaki, diba? Pero kahit ano pa man, hindi kasalanan nung mga bata yung ginawa sa kanila.

Pau: Yup, kawawa sila pareho. Yung isa naman pwedeng malabel na bano kumanta.

Ate Hpie: Ang bata bata magpupustiso na? Malay natin digitally enhanced. :))

thebassist wrote on Aug 13, '08

baracoma said

Epi: Eh? Kaya ba tayo natalo kanina?

yun lang ang hindi ko alam. nasa baba ba yung bandila ng pilipinas? haha. pero, sa mga boxing matches na napanood ko, ganoon ang nangyayari. well, dati naman ganoon diba? may naaalala ako. napanood ko noong 2004 olympics. kalaban natin thailand. walang suntok ang thailand, may score. puro tama ang nagagawa ng pilipinas, walang score. puro pandaraya. haha. :))

hay buhay.

roehlnino wrote on Aug 13, '08

thebassist said

nasa baba nga yung flag ng philippines. Pero sa napanood ko talo talaga si Tañamor. Mas marmaing tama sa ulo yung Ghanian, sa katawan ang tama nung Pinoy. Although sa palagay ko hindi lang dapat 6-3 yung score nila sa dami ng mga connecting punches nila.

At parang nadapa pa si Tañamor.

thebassist wrote on Aug 13, '08

i saw a replay. yep. puro tama nga. hahaha. let's put all our bets on taekwondo. oh well. sorry BA. OT. :))

icairocks wrote on Aug 14, '08

wow. what a culture! kawawa naman yung bata. In the future pag naging gazilllionaire na siya and she will own china, huhuntingin niya yung mga bad people na yan haha pero kawawa nga. She deserves to be recognized.

paosiopao wrote on Aug 14, '08

I saw this on TV. Grabe, sobrang discriminating. Pero that's their culture e, that's how they deal with things. Kawawa lang talaga yung bata na ginamit na totoong boses.

starzickle wrote on Aug 14, '08

tsk tsk.. dahil sa kagustuhan nilang mag-appear na maganda, na-tarnish tuloy image nila..nayurakan pa nila 'yung self-image ng cute na batang 'yon.
haay.

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