It seems to already be gone. Even if the measures taken to keep the lid on the story are not too unexpected, it still is shocking how irresponsible and shortsig

It seems to already be gone. Even if the measures taken to keep the lid on the story are not too unexpected, it still is shocking how irresponsible and shortsighted and short-term focused politics (in this case in China, in lots of other cases everywhere over the world) react to arising problems.