My title wasn’t intended to be taken seriously because it’s a US lib think tank writing the article.
That said, while there have been crackdowns on corruption in recent years, I believe corruption in China looks different than the US because the incentive structure for how officials gain power is different: private businesses might agree to help a local official’s project to try to get noticed for promotion, take the public blame for something local governments are doing in exchange for political favor, etc.
They favor the wealthy elite through
bribeslobbying now? I’m confused, there is little democracy in the US.My title wasn’t intended to be taken seriously because it’s a US lib think tank writing the article.
That said, while there have been crackdowns on corruption in recent years, I believe corruption in China looks different than the US because the incentive structure for how officials gain power is different: private businesses might agree to help a local official’s project to try to get noticed for promotion, take the public blame for something local governments are doing in exchange for political favor, etc.