I wish I had a source on this, but I heard that bribery of government officials is the norm. They don’t get paid much so it’s expected they take bribes. But their bosses keep them in line. And the weird thing is that it actually works kind of well to make sure things get done, compared to the gridlock faced when trying to build houses or public transit in most cities in the US.
Don’t they execute people for this these days. I was there a few months ago and there are “anti corruption education centres” and I do know of executions for this coming from anecdotal sources
I wish I had a source on this, but I heard that bribery of government officials is the norm. They don’t get paid much so it’s expected they take bribes. But their bosses keep them in line. And the weird thing is that it actually works kind of well to make sure things get done, compared to the gridlock faced when trying to build houses or public transit in most cities in the US.
It’s true afaik. Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanxi
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Don’t they execute people for this these days. I was there a few months ago and there are “anti corruption education centres” and I do know of executions for this coming from anecdotal sources