Message

You may think my grumble yesterday excessive and the mishap was an isolated incident.

But no. On a second thought, the problem seems everywhere. A probably good idea comes up. It is conveyed to someone else to do the planning, then to another one to sort out the logistics, then to yet another one to run ... and so forth.

And when the event or policy actually comes out, you could hardly recognize the original idea.

Is it kind of a megaphone game (傳聲筒遊戲) ? May be. But I have a deja vu feeling of reading A message from the emperor by Franz Kafka.

You could read the full story here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Message_from_the_Emperor

PS. For lovers of Chinese history, that's also the reason why Wang Anshi (王安石) and the Guangxu Emperor (光緒) failed.