Way to Give a Girl a Complex, China

If poor Yang Peiyi ends up in therapy because she’s convinced she was beaten up by an ugly stick for the first 7 years of her life, she’ll have the Olympic bigwigs in China to thank.
According to those who ran the Opening Ceremonies in Beijing, Peiyi has a face for radio. Blessed with a voice so lovely they had her sing “Ode to the Motherland,” she had a lip-synching stand-in at the mike. Nine-year-old Lin Miaoke, a seasoned pro with several commercials under her pint-sized belt, was the face presented to the 70 million viewers who tuned into the event.
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