The West pays a price for loving to hate China

In the morning of April 6th, looking at the snow flakes falling outside the window, I could not but wonder: what the torch relay would be like?

About eight hours later, when the torch finally struggled through the route, Olympic gold medalist Dame Kelly Holmes ran up to light the Olympic cauldron at O2 Dome, 4,000 spectators cheered.

This day will be remembered as Beijing met London with splashes and sparkles. It was an encounter between China, the first developing country to host the Olympics, and Britain, the first Western country to greet the torch.