 Corruption and the Anti-corruption Struggle in China – Fighting WindmillsJen-Kai Liu Journal of Current Chinese Affairs - China aktuell, 2007, vol. 36, issue 5, 70-95 Abstract: Corruption in present-day China is worse than ever before. Widespread corruption is a major obstacle to the Party’s goal of creating a harmonious society and a “clean” government. The collusion between officials and businessmen, the exchange of power for money, the abuse of administrative power, local governments’ misappropriation of peasants’ land, collecting charges at random in rural areas, soaring housing, education and medical-care costs have all aroused public discontent. More high-level officials and younger officials are involved in corruption. Commercial bribery is the focus of the anti-corruption struggle. Conquering corruption calls for real reforms to be made, but as long as the Party refuses to permit an independent anti-corruption organ and judicial institutions to be established and refuses to tolerate critical media, corruption will remain rampant. The CCP is on the horns of a dilemma: it has to fight corruption to achieve its goals, but a triumph in this struggle requires reforms to be made that might endanger the Party’s absolute power. Date: 2007 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gig:chaktu:v:36:y:2007:i:5:p:70-95 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article More articles in Journal of Current Chinese Affairs - China aktuell from Institute of Asian Studies, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg Contact information at EDIRC. |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.