Lin Miaoke, a nine-year-old Chinese girl who lent her voice Friday night to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, returns to the Xizhongjie Primary School of Dongcheng District in Beijing, capital of China, on Aug. 9, 2008. Lin Miaoke, dressed in a red skirt, received thunderous applause from 90,000-plus spectators at the National Stadium, known as the "Bird's Nest", when she performed "Sing a Song of Praise to the Motherland" as 56 children, each representing an ethnic group of the country's 56 nationalities, carried the national flag into the stadium at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on Friday. [Xinhua]
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