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SARS could be China's Chernobyl
i saw this and thought you all might put your two cents in on it
The Economist has suggested that SARS could be China's Chernobyl. When the Soviet nuclear reactor exploded in 1986, it accelerated glasnost and perestroika. Three years later, the Soviet Union collapsed. The Economist asks: can a SARS chain-reaction lead to reforms in China? They remind us that the events of the last few days have been momentous, and write
"The Chinese government has been forced to admit that it has been lying, understating the number of SARS cases in Beijing more than tenfold. And the Chinese health minister made history when he was forced to resign the first minister since the Communists seized power in 1949 to be sacked mid-crisis on a policy matter."
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