No Wordplay In This Headline

The front page headline in the LA Times said digging out from the earthquake in China would be a "Herculean task." A rather Western term for an eastern problem, seemed to me.

Lower down, the second story on the quake said this was also an "opportunity." This seemed to be a nod toward the old (and incorrect) saw about "crisis" in Chinese being made up of the words for "danger" and "opportunity."It not only seemed a bit of a stretch, but even untoward, considering how grave the situation is. (It could have been worse. The could have written "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On'.)