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Ethnic children faked at Games opening

Reuters

The Chinese flag is carried by 56 children representing 56 ethnic groups within China

Reuters

The Chinese flag is carried by 56 children representing 56 ethnic groups within China

Fake fireworks, a fake singer and now fake children at the Olympics opening ceremony.

Organisers of the Games acknowledged today that children dressed in ethnic costumes from around China who carried the Chinese flag at the ceremony were not actually from those ethnic groups, some of whom have tense relations with the government.