Turns out there was more faking going on during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics than we first thought. The foot prints firework was fake, the girl didn't sing live, but now more nice facts are emerging from the Chinese capital.
Remember these 56 children who were representing the 56 ethnic minorities of China? Turns out now that they were all Han Chinese - the ethnic majority in China with over 1.2 billion people. Of course that wouldn't have been a problem, if they had not told the world that these children all were chosen from the ethnic minority they represented. It also would have been less of a problem if they hadn't faked other parts of the ceremony too. What do you mean, 'control freaks'?
That control freak image is being reinforced by the stories that emerge from the training and selection procedures for the girls who present the Olympic medals. They were asked to strip naked, then were measured to make sure they had the right proportions. If they didn't have the right proportions, they could still join the training to be cheerleaders. Training for the three minute procedure was tough, the girls got up at 5am, started training at 6am and didn't get back before 8pm. And that during six months prior to the Games.
All it shows to the world is a government that is so desperately trying to control every aspect of the Games that the rest of the world only gets more convinced that they are doing exactly the same with the people they represent. Or are supposed to represent, because democracy still is a relatively unknown idea in modern day China.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Tribute to the REAL star
There we go, the little Wei Peiyi who was the real voice of the national anthem for the opening ceremony of the Beijing olympics. Respect!
Hyacinth on an Olympic scale
The game is called 'keeping up appeareances' and the setting is Beijing. A couple of funny little anecdotes show that the Chinese are up to their old tricks again by trying to pretend everything is perfect in their Glorious Nation.
The funniest one is the story of the little girl who sang the national anthem at the opening ceremony. She was so cute and won the hearts of Chinese and other people alike. Lin Miaoke is her name, and since ehr performance she's a star in China. But wait a minute - what performance? Turns out she didn't sing at all, she just faked it like a true Britney. When the selections took place, the part officials choose a different girl, the 7yo Yang Peiyi to sing the song. They agreed though that she wasn't quite cute enough (her teeth weren't all that straight, imagine) and that could bring down the image of China. So they swiftly decided to let her sing the song and look for a much cuter little girl to stand there at the opening show. Job done, China looked perfect once again.
Second example. For some of the events the turnout has been a bit low, with too many empty seats in the stadion even though the events are sold out. Reason for this is that sponsors often get tickets they don't use. Tis of course was not on, imagine the world would think that the Chinese don't know how to organise the games. So they've decided to bring in randon people in yellow t-shirts to fill the empty seats. Job done, stadions are full and China looks perfect once again.
The funny thing is that no one really cares about these things, except for the Chinese. They so try to be perfect that in the end they just look desperate. And we all know that people who seem desperate are just not attractive...
The funniest one is the story of the little girl who sang the national anthem at the opening ceremony. She was so cute and won the hearts of Chinese and other people alike. Lin Miaoke is her name, and since ehr performance she's a star in China. But wait a minute - what performance? Turns out she didn't sing at all, she just faked it like a true Britney. When the selections took place, the part officials choose a different girl, the 7yo Yang Peiyi to sing the song. They agreed though that she wasn't quite cute enough (her teeth weren't all that straight, imagine) and that could bring down the image of China. So they swiftly decided to let her sing the song and look for a much cuter little girl to stand there at the opening show. Job done, China looked perfect once again.
Second example. For some of the events the turnout has been a bit low, with too many empty seats in the stadion even though the events are sold out. Reason for this is that sponsors often get tickets they don't use. Tis of course was not on, imagine the world would think that the Chinese don't know how to organise the games. So they've decided to bring in randon people in yellow t-shirts to fill the empty seats. Job done, stadions are full and China looks perfect once again.
The funny thing is that no one really cares about these things, except for the Chinese. They so try to be perfect that in the end they just look desperate. And we all know that people who seem desperate are just not attractive...
Thursday, August 07, 2008
8-8-2008
8-8-2008... Since the number 8 is very auspicious for anyone who's even remotely Chinese, today is an exceptionally lucky day. Only once a century this number combination comes up, so women all over the country have been planning to have babies today, and those who are not yet giving birth are queuing to get a caesarian done. All to get that baby - preferably male, of course - out on this lucky day.
Also opening today: the most controversial Olympics ever. I'm looking forward, not to the sports bit but to see how the commie authorities will be dealing with the public. It ain't looking good, but you know they will get away with anything...
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