[EternalHope]

Utterly incredible.

Time Asia has been doing an outstanding job getting through the lies of the Chinese government.

[Ebenezer]

No surprise here. The truth has been "shanghaied" in China since the Communists took power.

[FreepForever]

I like those WHO guys. They are much, much more useful than Hans Blix. First they forced Beijing to kneel down and admit they were lying. And now, it's Shanghai's turn. The significance of this is: it is the first time in the 54 years People's Republic of China's history that they have to back down and admit they are wrong. Isn't that something?

Imagine having these guys searching for WMD in Iraq... They deserve a medal.

[aristeides]

Ping.

[CathyRyan]

The scorpion may really want to cross the river but a scorpion is still a scorpion with a scorpion's nature.

[Dog Gone]

Eventually I think we'll get an accurate picture out of Shanghai. There are too many foreigners.

But it certainly sounds like local officials aren't interested in being transparent yet.

[FreepForever]

The usual practice of a totalitarian government is to sweep everything under the carpet. Sooner or later, the bulge under the carpte will become too big to step over it that even the blind knows there's something funny beneath. Look what is happening in Beijing now.

After the sacking of the Health minister and Beijing mayor, the Shanghai officials are still not getting the message. These guys must have their brains checked.

[Nov3]

It may have reached critical mass over there. We will know in 2 weeks or so.