WP: Crises Cloud China’s Olympic Mood as Quake Tests Party’s Mettle

CHENGDU, China (Washington Post) by Edward Cody: Eight is an auspicious number in Chinese tradition, and 2008 was supposed to be a joyful year, a time for celebrating at the Beijing Olympics and basking in international recognition of the country’s tremendous progress under the careful leadership of the Communist Party.
It has not turned out that [...]