What keeps China’s policymakers up at night?
, argues Ms Ang, a professor at the University of Michigan. She breaks down graft into four varieties. The one that most worries China’s current leader, Xi Jinping, is “access money”, bribes or favours offered to senior officials in exchange for contracts, land or other privileges. This type of corruption acts like steroids, promoting investment and economic growth, says Ms Ang. The growth tends to be uneven, though.
provides some comfort. In a country with high levels of inequality, the ingenuity of people near the bottom can be striking.University of California Press; 224 pages; $85 and £24
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