Chinese cheer on as Olympic torch starts mainland leg Cheering Chinese stood on their chairs and waved flags as the Olympic torch started its mainland leg Sunday on the tropical island of Hainan -- the first stop in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing. Chinese anger and terror warnings cloud Olympics China said it was outraged by a resolution by U.S. lawmakers urging an end to a crackdown in Tibet as a Beijing-run newspaper linked al Qaeda to claimed plots to attack the Beijing Olympics.