Are ethnic kids ‘not cute enough’?
It’s been revealed that more kids were asked to fake it in the Beijing Opening Ceremony!
According to a new report, the children who marched out in full costume supposedly representing the country’s 56 ethnic groups were in fact all from the same one, the majority Han Chinese race.
The official guide to the opening ceremony said that the children did not just represent but “came from” China’s ethnic groups:
“Fifty-six children from 56 Chinese ethnic groups cluster around the Chinese national flag, representing the 56 ethnic groups.”
When Wang Wei, executive vice-president of the Beijing organizing committee, was asked about the latest misinformation scandal at a press conference on Friday, he said:
“I think you are being very meticulous,” he said. He said it was “traditional” to use dancers from other ethnic groups in this way.
“I would argue it is normal for dancers, performers, to be dressed in other races’ clothes,” he said. “I don’t know exactly where these performers are from.”
Are things getting lost in translation?!
They shouldn’t be claiming shiz that’s not true!
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