Just recently, news soon circulated of yet another high ranking official being charged with accepting brides amounting to almost 7 million dollars. Liu Tienan, 60, an ex energy head was charged with corruption. He's case is just one in a multitude of cases where high ranking officials in the Chinese Communist Party are quickly brought to justice for unlawful actions. This comes amid a new effort by the President to clamp down on and swiftly rid the Communist Party of corruption, a new drive which saw many "tigers", once known as the untouchables being sent to jail for their errand past.
It looks effective, given the number of high ranking officials already brought to justice under his helm as President. It is in fact effective. His anti corruption drive would allow for a more clean image of the government and thereby a more efficient and effective China.
Nonetheless, the many officials who have been exposed for their complicity in corruption scandals has also revealed to the world how incompatible the Chinese government is. Surely, there are many more officials who have yet to receive their sentences. Given its status as the second most powerful country in the world in terms of its economy (behind the USA), corruption will only serve to undermine the feasibility of the hierarchical way of operation inherent in the Chinese's way of governance. China is a big country. A population of almost 1.357 billion, there are too many officals for the President to handle. Each province is already led by an official, And often then not, these are the party officials who have the power to do whatever the want. They can accept bribes from companies to set up their interests in land under them, at the expense of the locals, and more often than not, the locals protests are unheard. This breeds corruption.
Thus, a good way to promote anti-corruption it may be, it is also important for the Chinese to build a sense of mutual trust between each other, Because ultimately, the anti corruption drive may take many years, there is just too many corrupted officials. President Xi has done well as president to have the tenacity to pioneer his anti-corruption drive, but his reign as President is not forever, at least not as long as the duration of the trials charging officials with corruption.
Definitely, publicly shaming corrupt officials will discourage other officials from being corrupt. But in a country of 1 billion people, it will be time consuming and expensive to siphon out the black sheep. But as the saying goes" time will heal all wounds", maybe in the time to come, the new generation of leaders leading China will be less corrupt, and slowly but surely corruption will soon cease to exist!
Just an opinion!!
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