Xinhua’s Sunny SF Torch Coverage

Would you expect anything less than perfection from them? The photos below show two torch runners apparently by themselves along the Marina…hmm…when was that? The second photo shows the Chinese Ambassador giving his triumph speech at the closing ceremonies….held at the airport…outside the gate to the airplane they hastily departed on.

From Xinhua

Two torchbearers with the torch run along the road by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the United States, April 8, 2008. San Francisco is the sixth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. (Xinhua Photo)

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Zhou Wenzhong (R) speaks at a closing ceremony held at the airport in San Francisco

Chinese ambassador to the United States Zhou Wenzhong said on Wednesday that the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco was “successful” under enthusiastic reception of the American public, including the Chinese Americans and overseas Chinese.

Full story of their glorious “success” in San Francisco here: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/10/content_7952083.htm