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...
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