Yet the government’s days of putting out protests like brush fires may be ending. Over the past year and a half, China’s environmental non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) have organized protests that reach across provincial boundaries, engage Chinese from all social strata, garner support from China’s media, and directly address the issue of failed governance on a national scale.
但政府像扑灭山林火险那样压制民众抗议的日子已经一去不复返了。 过去一年半以来，中国环境领域的非政府组织（NGOs）组织了跨省抗议活动，赢得了中国社会各阶层的参与及媒体的支持，矛头直指国家政府的腐败无能。