The paradox of vast corruption and fast growth in China's "Gilded Age"
Sinica Podcast
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Is There a Good, Orderly Taxi?
Just entering any country, you can sort of get a sense for how much speed corruption there is. The first time i entered nigeria, as soon as i walked down from the plain, i was immediately asked to pay a bribe. And so that was actually my first experience of being openly extorted by a government officials. It tells you how corrupt the country is, they just do it openly. Roiwas and of course, i was an easy target. When i was in india, they were more subtle. He was not outrightly predatory. But nen pudon airport, you know what happens? You u just walk through in two minutes, and there's a button
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