SARS may spell end for China's leaders - Elephant in the Living Room
Last weekend saw a massive jump in the number of reported cases of SARS in mainland China. The official number of cases being reported by the government shot up to 2,001 on Monday the 21st, from 1,807 the previous day. Of course, this does not represent an actual 10 percent increase in the number of cases, or even an increase in the number of cases that the central government was aware of. Rather, it is a 10 percent increase in the number of cases that the government admits to.