Wednesday's Quote of the Day
"The child on camera should be flawless in image, internal feelings and expression" - Music director Chen Qigang on why a more photogenic child lip-synced the song at the opening ceremony.
Little Yang Peiyi, left, can perhaps take solace in the fact that she has the most perfect singing voice in China. But when Communist Party officials watched her in rehearsal, they asked for a prettier substitute. So nine-year-old Lin Miaoke - pictured right, ready of smile and long of hair - mimed along to Peiyi singing Ode to the Motherland.