Seeing any Government representative being blunt about their motivation is refreshing.

Apparently, the Chinese stuck a photogenic nine year old girl in front of the huge TV audience for the Olympics opening ceremony, lip syncing to the voice of a different seven year old girl, who had a perfect voice but didn't look as 'flawless'.

How did the organizing official justify such an act?

"After several tests, we decided to put Lin Miaoke on the live picture, while using Yang Peiyi's voice," he told the radio station.

"The reason for this is that we must put our country's interest first," he added.

No spin there then.