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...underreported (the WHO says there may be 200 cases in Beijing compared with the official government number of 40), investigators were not allowed access to medical records, and whistle-blowers were offering embarrassing accounts of official cover-ups to the foreign press. China's new leadership, led by President Hu Jintao, suddenly found itself entangled in an international credibility crisis. Finally, months after the outbreak began, the Politburo Standing Committee, the country's top ruling body, ordered an end to the obfuscation: late last week, the committee demanded "accurate, timely and honest reporting of the SARS situation" from cadres throughout...
...people kept getting sick, and as news of fresh victims leaked out, Hu's efforts to shape his new government in a populist, people-first mold have been undermined. China's booming economy, which grew nearly 10% in the first quarter, is feeling the fallout, too. The volume of fast-food sales in chains like McDonald's and KFC fell 20% in southern China in recent weeks, according an industry source (KFC confirms sales fell but says they are now returning to normal). Despite the WHO's travel warning, the government refused to cancel its twice-yearly Guangzhou Trade Fair...
...Beijing to its travel-advisory list, alongside Guangdong province and Hong Kong. The WHO then estimated the capital's SARS patients at 100 to 200?five times more than the government acknowledged?based on hospital visits and other data. On Friday, state media reported that China's new President, Hu Jintao, had met the previous day with the Politburo's Standing Committee and that those present were "explicitly warned against the covering up of SARS cases...
...Staff writer Mandy H. Hu can be reached at mhu@fas.harvard.edu
...including It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, and a tattoo on his back that elegizes his pet dog. Here he plays Tony Fate, a gentleman thief whose latest heist, a handful of black diamonds, gets him in trouble with some mean malefactors (Hawaii-born Mark Dacascos and Kelly Hu). The black diamonds turn out to be plutonium pellets that could Destroy the World. DMX has charisma enough for the job, performing tough scenes and teary ones with equal facility...