[jriemer]

I don't think we have a clue about how many cases are in rural China.

I don't think China has a clue either and doesn't know how to handle this at all

The only thing China is really good at is controlling dissent by killing protestors, imposing fear upon the population and using police-state tactics. By comparision, medicine is not one of their strongest suits.

[aristeides]

The only thing China is really good at is controlling dissent by killing protestors

That seems to be ending now. SARS is Red China's Chernobyl.