And, for a very different story on the tortuous trail of the Olympic Torch, here’s a dispatch by NBC’s Ed Flanagan on how a woman in a wheelchair has become an unlikely heroine back home in China
In recent days it has been difficult to take away any positives from China’s now unfortunately titled torch relay, the “Journey of Harmony to Beijing,” at least based on international news coverage of the events.
But the media here have found a positive face in the young, handicapped woman who was confronted by protesters in Paris this week.
Jin Jing, 28, a former Paralympics fencer from Shanghai who uses a wheelchair, won national acclaim for what the media described as her heroics in protecting the Olympic torch from a group of pro-Tibetan protesters (all protesters have been ubiquitously labeled “Tibetan separatists” and “pro-Tibet independence activists” in state media reports).
Jin’s feisty defense of the torch – she suffered scratches and a bruised leg during the confrontation – has been heavily covered by China’s media, which has the unenviable task of mitigating the scope of the protests.
[Pic: China Daily]
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