The paradox of vast corruption and fast growth in China's "Gilded Age"
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China and the United States, Which Are Quite Opposite Regime Types in Terms of Distribution of Types of Corruption
In the united states, i know things look this functional in the past year or so, but actually state capacity is still really high in this country. So generally, for some one from the middle class, you don't walk on the street and expect that a police officer will extort you or shake you down. Embezzlement, m is also fairly in control in the united states. But the kind of corruption that dominates in this country is access money. And in particular, comes in an institutionalized variety that is much more sophisticated than the chinese version.i call china a relative newcomer in the process of becoming a capitalist economy.
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