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【正文】 Twitter Google+ Email Google+ Facebook Twitter Share Email and whether national pride too often veers into an unattractive nationalism.A case study in pressure was Liu Xiang. Arguably China’s most famous active Olympian, the elegant Mr. Liu, the son of a truck driver and a pastry cook, won the gold in the men’s 110meter hurdles in 2004, equaling the world record and being the first Chinese man to win gold on the track.“It is unbelievable — a Chinese, an Asian, has won this event,” Mr. Liu said after his victory at the Athens Games. “It is a proud moment not only for China but for Asia and all people who share the same yellow skin color.“Please pay attention to Chinese track and field. I think we Chinese can unleash a yellow tornado on the world.”But at the Beijing Games, amid hysteria over his prospects for another triumph, Mr. Liu had to withdraw, pulling out at the last minute with a foot injury. A nation mourned.Alas, on Tuesday, Mr. Liu was unfortunate again: He kicked the first hurdle in his preliminary heat, then fell to the track, injured. He managed to hop on one leg to the finish line, but he was eliminated and left the Olympic Stadium track in a wheelchair.It was a sad end to a national drama. ’s 2012 Olympic preparations had been microscopically followed in the Chinese media, even what he has for lunch at the Shanghai Sports Institute. (Tomato soup, eggplant and a steak.) When his coach recently said that Mr. Liu’s back ailment was not a concern, you could almost hear the whew of national relief. But a foot problem had flared in recent days, which recalled for many the disappointment of 2008, when Chin
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