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5 - Corruption and Anti-corruption

Overcoming Predation and Symbiotic Parasitism

from Part II - Forces Acting on the Corporate Ecosystem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2022

Colin S. C. Hawes
Colin S. C. Hawes
Affiliation:
University of Technology, Sydney
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Summary

This chapter analyzes the major problem of corporate-political corruption in more detail, using case studies of Bo Xilai and the Shide Group ("white gloves"), Zhou Yongkang and CNPC ("protection umbrellas"), and Zhao Zhengyong in Shaanxi Province ("predatory corruption" and "symbiotic parasitism") to illustrate the key types of collusive corruption between officials and corporations and their harmful impacts on Chinese society and politics. At the same time, the chapter introduces the case of Shenzhen's gray property market to show that sometimes a degree of symbiotic corruption is necessary to overcome inflexible and outdated regulations in a rapidly developing economy.

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corruptionChinese governmentcorporationspredatorysymbiotic parasitismfragmentation
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The Chinese Corporate Ecosystem , pp. 146 - 174
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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