At the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a lovely little girl was shown singing the Chinese anthem, "Hymn to the Motherland." She was a ringer for the real singer, Yang Peiyi, a seven-year-old who wasn't considered pretty enough to be shown on international television.
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Fast Facts
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Who sang
seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, who won a nation-wide contest
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Who didn't sing
nine-year-old Lin Miaoke, who has experience in commercials
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The musical director for the Olympics reported the last-minute change in an interview to Beijing Radio
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The song is called Gechang Zuguo in Chinese, sometimes translated as Ode to the Motherland
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