In a program, The Situation Room, telecast on April 9 when the Olympic torch relay was being held in San Francisco, Cafferty made a slew of racist and vitriolic remarks against the Chinese people.

April 16:Beijing yesterday demanded that CNN apologize for insulting remarks made by one of its commentators against China and the Chinese people. "We are shocked at, and strongly condemn, the vicious remarks made by CNN commentator Jack Cafferty against the Chinese people," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular news conference; Lanzhou Police found a gun, 10 kg of explosives and five detonators in a major monastery in Hezuo of Gansu's Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture on Monday, local authorities said yesterday. (China.org.cn)