“When tragedies happen, bureaucrats always praise themselves for ‘hurrying to site’ and ‘paying high attention’; people are fed up so they protest by finding fault with officials.”
Tang Xianxing, a professor at Fudan University, responding to comments by netizens that a luxurious coat, costing more than 10,000 yuan ($1,620), of an official at the site of Harbin fire is too expensive for his legal income