By John F. Burns It was something I'd not given much thought to in years.

Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Beijing, Aug. 20 Kyodo - Former Communist Party chief Hua Guofeng, who was the successor to Mao Zedong as China's paramount leader, has died in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday. He was 87.

Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) [Xinhua: "2nd Ld-Writethru: Olympic Torch Relay Ends First Leg in Quake-Hit Sichuan Province"] GUANG'AN, Sichuan Province, Aug.

By Tang, David Albert Speer was commissioned by the Chinese government to lay out a masterplan for the access to the Olympic Green in Beijing. His design consisted of one impressive avenue connecting the Forbidden City and the National Stadium in which the opening ceremony will take place.

By Joe Nocera Tang Yicheng contributed reporting. * 'My generation is very lucky," said Feng Jun, the chief executive of a large Chinese consumer electronics company, Aigo.