According to Agence France-Presse, an internet outcry erupted after the official Xinhua news agency published jubilant photographs of the torch’s arrival today in the southeastern province of Fujian, its 12th domestic stop:
Posting the committee’s main telephone number on Sina.com, a popular web portal, one resident of northern Hubei province said, “all Chinese should ring them up and condemn them for being so inhuman.”
A resident of Fujian said the relay should be canceled and the money saved should be sent to help quake victims.
“I think this whole wasteful relay should be scrapped — let’s show a little humanity,’ the post said.
Posting the committee’s main telephone number on Sina.com, a popular web portal, one resident of northern Hubei province said, “all Chinese should ring them up and condemn them for being so inhuman.”
A resident of Fujian said the relay should be canceled and the money saved should be sent to help quake victims.
“I think this whole wasteful relay should be scrapped — let’s show a little humanity,’ the post said.
