This Op-Ed from the New York Times highlights some of the flaw of Chinese political culture, some flaws being that of "expediency and secrecy" as this article says. After a train crash killed 39 people in Wenzhou, the Chinese government had the system up and running the next day, all the wreckage piled carelessly on the side. The Chinese government instructed the media not to place too much emphasis on this accident, saying that anything regarding this accident should be about "great love in the face of tragedy." The Chinese people continuously argued about the issue, making it front and center. Something that the government clearly did not prefer at the time. Only after all of the pressure from the people and the media, did the government take this matter more seriously. As the article states
"At the very heart of all of these questions — and indeed of the tragedy itself — is a government that refuses to be held accountable for its decisions, and that admits no criticism when criticism might make the difference between bold vision and monstrous folly."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/opinion/29iht-edbandurski29.html
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