Lin Miaoke, the adorable girl in red dress and pigtails who we all thought sang during the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, did not, according to ABC News.
The fact is that 7-year-old Yang Peiyi, who actually sang the song, was not considered cute enough for the opening ceremony and was therefore replaced by Lin, who simply lip-synched to Yang’s voice.
“The reason why little Yang was not chosen to appear was because we wanted to project the right image, we were thinking about what was best for the nation,” the ceremony’s chief music director Chen Qigang said in an interview that was posted for a very short time on Sina.com, according to Live News.
