In Episode #4 of Koppel’s TV series (see below), he tried to highlight the injustice in how corruption charges are made in China. Basically, if you were a government official and accepted more than a certain threshold of bribes, you face the death penalty. On the other hand, the people who offered the bribes (in this case, real estate developers) were never persecuted and continued making zillions of dollars.
I do see where Koppel is coming from. Seemingly, these real estate moguls are above the law. But for me, corrupt officials are the stem/root of the problem. I do not have any issue with treating corrupt officials much stricter than those who offer the bribe. In fact, I believe that it is a better and more efficient solution.
As a side note, if you end up watching the series, this is yet another example of how bad China’s PR is.
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