Corruption is definitely a big problem in China now, but there were very few bet. 1950 and 1966. And why? Because there were one after another political campaign against gov. officials' corruption during that period. So very few officials could get away with the corruption.
Corruption has only become a problem after 1978, the beginning of the "open-door" policy. Since China has never been a society ruled by law, and since the door has been wide-open, and a lot of "flies" (mainly produced by the capitalist society<g>) come in, and there is little established laws to fight against these corruption. And even if now a lot of laws have been written, the gov. has no enough money to enforce them. Law takes tremendous amount of money to be enforced. just look at the US, you know what I mean. And the gov. now is trying to do its best.
George you made a good point about things cannot change in a flash, especially in a populous country like China. If what happened in Russia had happened in China, there would be millions of Chinese starved to death. Maybe that is just what the West wants!! |
