I’ve written a lot on that blog about China’s “culture of fake” — the widespread creation of fake cell phones, cars, drugs and other products. Now, the “just fake it” solution is being used to create the impression of perfection at the Olympics. First, we learned, that the impressive “footprints in the sky” opening ceremony fireworks were computer-generated, and inserted into the live video feed. soon after, journalists have discovered the existence of

“not-so-great walls of China” that have been built to hide ugly neighborhoods. Now, it turns out, that cute little girl who “sang” at the Olympics was a lip-syncing actress, considering the real girl (who won a nationwide singing contest) was considered too ugly by a Communist Party big shot. The tragedy is that the opening ceremonies were amazing, and Beijing is impressive, and that the […]

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