Bribery methods in PRC

[Logisex]

My neighbour is a retired high ranking PRC civil servant. Her grand daughter used to tell us her wonderful childhood stories. Meat and fish etc are a luxury to most families but she got so sick of eating them cause people are always giving gifts such as food to her grandfather. Sometimes she will find stacks of cash after the first layer of biscuits in the bistcuit tin, sometimes she can get a surprise golden ring in the stomach of the fish.........

That's old school bribery. Here's a more updated version:

A businessman give an ordinary painting (say worth RMB100) as a gift to a civil servant, very normal as its a Chinese culture of giving gifts and since its a low value item (very much like a corporate gift which you don't have to declare to your company), the civil servant can accept it and hang it in his house. The businessman then send another counterpart to visit the civil servant at his house and pretend to like the painting so much that he offers RMB500k for it.
Can you fault the civil servant for selling the painting? Can you question the buyer for paying a high premium for a painting "he likes very much"? Afterall, can you put a mkt price on "a piece of art"?

You got the picture? Is this what our scholars that we send to PRC should learn too?

Any more such stories to add?

 

[halsey02]

My neighbour is a retired high ranking PRC civil servant. Her grand daughter used to tell us her wonderful childhood stories. Meat and fish etc are a luxury to most families but she got so sick of eating them cause people are always giving gifts such as food to her grandfather. Sometimes she will find stacks of cash after the first layer of biscuits in the bistcuit tin, sometimes she can get a surprise golden ring in the stomach of the fish.........

That's old school bribery. Here's a more updated version:

A businessman give an ordinary painting (say worth RMB100) as a gift to a civil servant, very normal as its a Chinese culture of giving gifts and since its a low value item (very much like a corporate gift which you don't have to declare to your company), the civil servant can accept it and hang it in his house. The businessman then send another counterpart to visit the civil servant at his house and pretend to like the painting so much that he offers RMB500k for it.
Can you fault the civil servant for selling the painting? Can you question the buyer for paying a high premium for a painting "he likes very much"? Afterall, can you put a mkt price on "a piece of art"?

You got the picture? Is this what our scholars that we send to PRC should learn too?

Any more such stories to add?

Like you are given a sketch of MSK...and WKS come along and offer you $1,000,000 for it, for it meant so much to him? right?

 

[po2wq]

... You got the picture? ...

got! ...

how much u gonna pay 4 dat picture? ...

 

[JohnTT]

KTV & sex. This is how you build 'Guan Xi' or do business in China. No need to send scholars there to learn lah.....

 

[2lanu]

This is what white scum best at. Using public fund to fund those ppl that are obedient to them. If I am paying tax to these ppl to go PRC learn PRing skills with Chinese, I rather go there myself. :oIo:

 

[SamuelStalin]

There was a time in China where the ruling CCP declared that no one in the party or the auxiliary military the PLA is allowed to receive red packets during Chinese New Year from anybody.

Wonder if that ban is still in force.

 

[SamuelStalin]

Chinese are really very intelligent people next to the Jews. If both their approaches are more positive think of how more the world would benefit.

"America has many laws, but they are all written by man."

 

[junkmail]

You got the picture? Is this what our scholars that we send to PRC should learn too?

All these are illegal. It is always best to do things the legal way.

 

[annexa]

That is so low class. PRC long long ago already don't give direct bribes. thay ask "your son study in USA?" And next time the son suddenly get scholarship, win lottery ticket to go Paris and a job to keep!

 

[Logisex]

That is so low class. PRC long long ago already don't give direct bribes. thay ask "your son study in USA?" And next time the son suddenly get scholarship, win lottery ticket to go Paris and a job to keep!

This kind of things happen everyday and even ordinary folks does it at their level. It is called "Guanxi" and not bribery per se by their definition.

 

[TeeKee]

This kind of things happen everyday and even ordinary folks does it at their level. It is called "Guanxi" and not bribery per se by their definition.

God is fair lah!

You get something, He takes something away from u...

Can the real "winners" come here to verify?

 

[shelltox]

The world would be dominated by the chinese, and you have to learn chinese whether you liked it or not.

 

[drifter]

God is fair lah!

You get something, He takes something away from u...

Can the real "winners" come here to verify?

yes very fair ..give them 10% of your monthly salary so that he can book a place for you in heaven ..i call it trading ..

 

[davetan3]

what's the legal way?
U do something for me, I scratch your back by giving u a directorship in my company??

All these are illegal. It is always best to do things the legal way.

 

[Ah Guan]

Not so long ago, they were even using prepaid phone credits to disguise the money trail. A businessman would use cash to charge the official's cellphone credit. Then the recepient would go for a refund and take the cash.

When the Chinese market first opened for investment in the 80s, there were some classic phrases:
"咱们一起烟酒烟酒", "要见机*形事"
*电视机,洗衣机

The Chinese will always find ways to give and accept bribes. But your examples are just unbeatable.

 

[goldencub]

I heard of one method is to lose a golf game to them and pay them the amount needed to transact. This is good for gambling below 100k.

 

[SamuelStalin]

yes very fair ..give them 10% of your monthly salary so that he can book a place for you in heaven ..i call it trading ..

D san, ignore that Christian fundamentalist. Let's talk about corruption Japanese style.