I often disagree with him but no need to "shoot the messenger". There was some hyperbole in his post but we shouldnt become Indians and start deflecting to West's failingsWhat kind of mental gymnastic are you showing here? Do I need to remain you how the Catholic churches and boy scouts get away with rape and sexual harassment with intimidation and threats for decades.
Now regarding the article, this is an actual scandal which highlighted some systemic failures on the local gov. The Principal failed, the school management failed, local gov failed, parents failed. Only thing that worked here was the Police which took the (by then) allegations seriously, investigated, and uncovered the crime
IMO this is the local gov's failure, because so many independent actors failed to respond, which points to a systemic dysfunction. At least now, the local gov has committed to start fixing these issues.
I dont think the local gov can get away with it this time. It already got national media coverage in China and thus the central gov is watching over them like a hawk now.
Disappointingly, we had to have this serious crime exposed before real change could happen in these issues. Hopefully the system can get reformed now