Re:China: The Disappearing Millionaires (2019) [video]
by maeln on Monday January 04, 2021 @10:27AM
(#25632495)
> Everybody would know in China, a close relationship comes from bribing at least from those times, and bribing is a crime in most countries
It is a classic tactic in dictatorship: Make sure that for anybody to advance, they need to get their hands dirty (i.e bribes) so that you always have a Damocles sword over their head. It's one way to ensure obedience.
Re:China: The Disappearing Millionaires (2019) [video]
by dumb1224 on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:57AM
(#25634054)
However even in the oversea chinese community he (Guo) is poorly regarded and very dubious. He gained a lot of attention much earlier because of these callouts but later proven not accurate and not different from other controversial figures in order to gain popularity. Their motto is 爆料革命 - 'callout revolution'. Many even major chinese celebrities fall for that.
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%88%86%E6%96%99%E9%9D%A9%E5...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/business/media/steve-bann...
PS: Some information about Guo from the video. According to Vice, He was rich because he was close to high ranking officials, and fled because the Government ally he linked to was under investigation because of accepting bribes [0]. Everybody would know in China, a close relationship comes from bribing at least from those times, and bribing is a crime in most countries especially in the US. It seems to me, he callout corruption issues only because he's out of the game.
[0] https://youtu.be/LkOsgh5kcgQ?t=92