Chinese women perform an ethnic minority dance for tourists on the Great Wall on the...

Chinese women perform an ethnic minority dance for tourists on the Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing April 21, 2003. [Residents in China's capital woke up on Monday to news of an alarming spike in the number of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) cases and that the mayor and China's health minister had lost their Communist Party posts for mishandling the outbreak. China also cancelled the week-long May Day national holiday, known as "Golden Week", for its booster effect on tourism and consumer spending, dealing a blow to travel agenices and hotels. China sharply raised its count of SARS cases to 1,807, with 79 deaths as of April 18.]