so they had a different girl lip-synch at the Olympics opening ceremony. Nice. You really can’t start those pressures early enough. (Thanks, Jender Parents!)
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Feminist Philosophers 
China is very funny about appearances. I had never heard (until my sister lived there) of plastic surgery to make western-style eyelids but apparently it is quite common in China. This is an interesting read
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1950/context/cover/
Would you think of this differently if Miaoke’s voice, rather than Peiyi’s looks, had been rejected?
From the article:
“During a live rehearsal soon before the ceremony, the Politburo member said Miaoke’s voice ‘must change,’ Chen said in the radio interview.”
Given it was the decision of one politburo member – Peiyi had been chosen, was rehearsed – we might be careful about generalizing about ‘the chinese’.