[Frank_Discussion]

If this is true, well,

HOLY CRAP!

[jriemer]

Why is there a "manhunt" for a taxi? Things are very series, indeed.

[TommyDale]

One of the problems in Beijing is that the cab drivers hold multiple licenses, with multiple IDs. They make New York cab drivers look like choir boys. I remember my cab driver getting stopped for speeding returning from the Great Wall into the outskirts of the city. The policeman took his license away and said "You can get it back when you come to the station to pay your fine". After the cop departed, the cab driver laughs, and says, "Not a problem, I have many more!" and he showed me about 7 or 8 additional licenses, all with the same picture, but all with different names. One of my most memorable events in China.

[aristeides]

Military SARS victim? Connection with all the cases in military hospitals?

[vetvetdoug]

I am going to be really pissed if Jackie Chan gets this virus. He's one of the few folks making movies that me and my five year old can watch together.

[CathyRyan]

Beijing still reluctant to divulge Sars toll

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-655812,00.html

[Chad Fairbanks]

"Taxi drivers who had a middle-aged male passenger dressed in a long green military-style coat should contact transportation authorities immediately."

Well, that certainly narrows it down some...

[Enemy Of The State]

Hmmmm..I wonder if there will soon be a massive purging of taxi drivers?

[Humidston]

officials found one driver on Sunday, Xinhua said. Four hours later, the second one was located

Yeah, right.

A few years ago we chatted with a Chinese scientist here in the states. I asked him if he was present during the uprising in Tiennemin (sp) Square, since he was a student then.

He was afraid to answer outright but responded, "The state came to the college and had each student write a paper stating where they had been. I wrote that I was in a room studying. Later, the government gathered all the papers from all the students and made a public pronouncement that THE UPRISING DID NOT OCCUR because no students were present."

Then he smiled at me. HA!

[lawgirl]

What in hell is going on over there????