The Wall Street Journal speculates who will light the Olympic flame, a game that has dominated newspapers, TV and websites running poll after poll:
Readers' picks have ranged from obvious choices such as basketball star Yao Ming and hurdler Liu Xiang -- China's best hope for a track medal -- to sports veterans such as gymnast-turned-sportswear-magnate Li Ning, or diving queen Fu Mingxia, to even mythical figures such as dragons, phoenixes and the Monkey King, China's folkloric trickster figure.Continue reading "Who will light the Olympic flame?"
