mickeyd
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I did not take time to view the opening ceremony of the Olympics but this kind of micromanagement from government officials in China...does not surprise me at all.
Pretty shallow stuff.
Why cheat on the fireworks display?
Beijing Olympics: Faking scandal over girl who 'sang' in opening ceremony - Telegraph
At the last moment a member of the Chinese politburo who was watching a rehearsal pronounced that the winner, a girl called Yang Peiyi, might have a perfect voice but was unsuited to the lead role because of her buck teeth.
Pretty shallow stuff.
Mr Chen's interview gave an extraordinary insight into the control exercised over the ceremony by the Games' political overseers, all to ensure the country was seen at its best.
Officials have already admitted that the pictures of giant firework footprints which marched across Beijing towards the stadium on Friday night were prerecorded, digitally enhanced and inserted into footage beamed across the world.
Why cheat on the fireworks display?
Beijing Olympics: Faking scandal over girl who 'sang' in opening ceremony - Telegraph