China’s central government has the power to rein in its local chieftains, so its failure to do so in Tibet is puzzling. If it continues to allow such cases to go forward, it risks losing even more credibility among those Tibetans who, like the three environmentalists, have tried to stay within the law and avoid politics.
中国的中央政府拥有节制地方首脑的权力，而其对西藏当地官员的放纵也是令人费解的。如果任由事态继续发展下去，中央政府就可能失去那些遵纪守法，避谈政治的西藏人——正如上述三个环保主义者——的信任。