It’s just as rampant in the West, though I’m mostly struck by how the heck are there so much corruption in China as though the risk of getting caught under a decade long of anti-corruption campaign is still worth it. A few heads of major banks were just prosecuted for corruption a couple months back (amongst many others charged with corruption in recent years), but you can’t help but to wonder why would they keep doing it knowing full well that the government has been cracking down on corruption?

(Actually I have my own theory, it has a lot to do with the decentralized nature of governance where a lot of authorities have been ceded to local/municipal level).