sentences:  After the hand-off, protests continued internationally, with particularly violent confrontations with police in Nepal.In response to the demonstrations, an editorial in the "People's Daily" urged Chinese people to "express [their] patriotic enthusiasm calmly and rationally, and express patriotic aspiration in an orderly and legal manner".Of the 80 torch-bearers in London, Sir Steve Redgrave, who started the relay, mentioned to the media that he had received e-mailed pleas to boycott the event and could "see why they would like to make an issue" of it.