Beijing Olympics organizers also said in a statement that the relay's Sichuan leg would be delayed "to support the disaster relief efforts." Originally planned for next month, the leg now will take place just before the start of the Aug. 8 games.Chinese leaders moved to contain the political fallout from the deadly earthquake, promising a $10 billion reconstruction fund, reining in the media and trying to keep despair from turning to anger in the disaster zone.
State-run media, which conducted unusually probing reporting in the first days after the quake, have shifted to a more positive tone. Families in at least two towns where schools collapsed, killing their children, have protested or threatened to take local officials to court, suspecting shoddy construction.
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