Han points out that when the earthquake destroyed campuses it didn't necessarily mean that there would be opportunity for reform. "As was their wont, the locally well-connected were lining up for a piece of the pie."
漢寶德指出，地震把校園摧毀，並不表示一定有改革更新的機會，「地方上傳統的力量早就等在那裡，準備舊事重演了。