Indeed, the fact that many school buildings were flattened in Sichuan prompted an outcry from ‘netizens,’ who grilled local officials about whether it substandard building codes or even a notorious “toufuzha construction scandal,” namely, jerry-built projects, that had led to the disproportionate number of dead pupils. Under mounting public scrutiny, government officials felt compelled to promise that those responsible will be brought to justice.
确实，四川许多学校建筑被夷为平地引发了网民的愤慨。他们质疑当地干部，这些是否是不合格的建筑标准或者甚至是臭名昭著的“豆腐渣工程”才导致了学生的大量死亡。在不断加重的公共调查下，政府官员不得不保证那些责任人将会受到惩处。