In all these cases, authorities have responded with repression, including the hiring of plain-clothes militias to kidnap or beat up people who attempt to publicize problems. China’s belated bouts of openness about the rural spread of AIDS and the SARS epidemic clearly indicate that the central government regards transparency solely as a matter of expediency.
所有这些事件中，政府用压制手段予以回应，包括雇用便衣民兵绑架或殴打敢于公开问题的人士。中国对于农村艾滋病泛滥以及萨斯传染病几度姗姗来迟的公开报道清楚地表明中央政府只不过把公开透明视作权宜之计。