The government still passed the revised Publication Law, but tried to appease the media by saying the revisions would not be enforced. But even as this tiger was being kept from biting, another was being let loose.
國民政府雖仍強行通過出版法修正案，卻向報界透露該法「通過但不實施」以為妥協，直到今年初出版法廢止，這個老虎的確沒有動用利齒咬死人，只是象徵性的「備而不用」；同時，另一隻更直接更厲害的老虎也出現了。