chinese government so zealous in quake prediction.

simply following mainstream view of science community would have been much wiser:

so whenever a new tragedy happens, it's easier to find excuse for high loss: unpredictable, and china is still a developing nation.

now thye put themselves in an awkward situation, people are always going to think they either do a poor job of prediction or deliberately conceal prediction. it's no good for building a "harmonious society"