In China, Fine Line Between Response and Overreaction

Bus Bombings Highlight Challenges of Fighting Terror Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, July 23, 2008; Page A12 KUNMING, China, July 22 -- Some residents of the city of Kunming awoke Monday morning to find they had received a cryptic text message on their cellphones: "The general mobilization of ants," began the warning. "Hope citizens receiving this message will not take bus lines 54, 64 and 84 tomorrow morning." The message, presumably written Sunday night, didn't mean much to those who received it, until two bombs exploded on a pair of buses during the Monday morning commute, killing two people and injuring 14 others. The goading note was a stark reminder that connecting all the dots before an act of violence and providing an ironclad protection against it is nearly impossible, experts said, despite all the steps... [read full story]