While organizing a public vigil may sound like a rather simple idea to implement, there is very little tolerance for manifestations of public sentiment, even grief, in China's public space without a long and complicated process of securing official authorizations. 
Wakati kuandaa ibada hiyo ya wazi kulionekana kama ni wazo jepesi tu la kutekeleza, kwa mazingira ya China, ni kama hakuna uvumilivu wa aina yoyote kwa yeyote anayeonesha hisia hadharani, ikiwa ni pamoja na maombolezo, bila kulazimika kupitia mchakato mrefu na mgumu wa kupata idhini rasmi ya kiusalama.